About This Life - by Barry Lopez (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Hauntingly lyrical, these autobiographical reflections represent Lopez's most personal work to date, focusing on his deep spiritual connection to the natural world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The acclaimed National Book Award winner gives us a collection of spellbinding essays that, read together, form a jigsaw-puzzle portrait of an extraordinary man. </b> <p/>With the publication of his best-selling <i>Of Wolves and Men, </i> and with the astonishing originality of <i>Arctic Dreams, </i> Barry Lopez established himself as that rare writer whose every book is an event, for both critics and his devoted readership. Now, in <i>About This Life, </i> he takes us on a literal and figurative journey across the terrain of autobiography, assembling essays of great wisdom and insight. <p/>Here is far-flung travel (the beauty of remote Hokkaido Island, the over-explored Galápagos, enigmatic Bonaire); a naturalist's contention (Why does our society inevitably strip political power from people with intimate knowledge of the land small-scale farmers, Native Americans, Eskimos, cowboys?); and pure adventure (a dizzying series of around-the-world journeys with air freight everything from penguins to pianos). And here, too, are seven exquisite memory pieces hauntingly lyrical yet unsentimental recollections that represent Lopez's most personal work to date, and which will be read as classics of the personal essay for years to come. <p/>In writing about nature and people from around the world, by exploring the questions of our age, and, above all, by sharing a new openness about himself, Barry Lopez gives us a book that is at once vastly erudite yet intimate: a magically written and provocative work by a major American writer at the top of his form.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The narrative sings with conviction .... I enjoyed this rich book hugely." - The New York Times Book Review <p/>"Lopez crosses disciplines the way he conquers continents." - The Wall Street Journal <p/>"Contemplative and poetic, sometimes even mystical.-- Lopez feels a deep spiritual connection to the natural world." - San Francisco Chronicle<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Barry Lopez is the author of three collections of essays, including <i>Horizon;</i> several story collections; <i>Arctic Dreams</i>, for which he received the National Book Award; <i>Of Wolves and Men</i>, a National Book Award finalist; and <i>Crow and Weasel</i>, a novella-length fable. He contributed regularly to both American and foreign journals and traveled to more than seventy countries to conduct research. He was the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim, Lannan, and National Science Foundations and was honored by a number of institutions for his literary, humanitarian, and environmental work. He died in 2020. <p/>www.barrylopez.com
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