Arctic Dreams: Imagination And Desire In A Northern Landscape - Softcover

Lopez, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553346644 ISBN 13: 9780553346640

Publisher: Bantam, 1988

Synopsis

Barry Lopez has been hailed as a "master  nature writer" by The New York Times  Book Review, and Arctic  Dreams is undoubtedly his masterwork. Set amidst  the shimmering seas of Northern ice,  Arctic Dreams leads readers on a journey of  the mind and heart into a place that grips the  imagination and invigorates the soul. Part adventure  tale and part meditation on the art of  exploration, this magical book dazzles with the wonder of the  aurora borealis; the awesome power of polar bears  and killer whales; the monumental grandeur of  migrating icebergs; and the beauty and nobility of the  Arctic's indigenous people. Evocative and  everlasting, Arctic Dreams is a  classic.

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Review:

Based on 15 extended trips to the Canadian far north over a five-year period, Arctic Dreams celebrates the mysteries of what documentarians fondly call "last frontiers." Such places are everywhere in danger of destruction in the interest of ever-elusive economic progress, but Lopez writes no jeremiads. Instead, he aims to foster a kind of learned understanding of wild places, in this case the vast, scarcely knowable northern landscape. Writing of the natural history of the Arctic and its inhabitants--narwhals, polar bears, beluga whales, musk oxen, and caribou among them--Lopez draws powerful lessons from the land and imparts them assuredly and gracefully. Arctic Dreams deservedly won a National Book Award in 1986 when it was first published.

From the Back Cover:

"[Arctic Dreams is] filled with wonders. Lopez depicts endless drama."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Rich, abundant, vigorously composed."--The Boston Globe

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0553346644
• ISBN 13: 9780553346640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496