The Annie Dillard Reader - Hardcover

Dillard, Annie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060171588 ISBN 13: 9780060171582

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1994

Synopsis

A collection of passages selected by the author includes excerpts from the Pulitzer-prize winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, poetry from Holy the Firm, and recollections from An American Childhood. 35,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood; the Northwest pioneer epic The Living; and the nonfiction narrative Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. A gregarious recluse, she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

From Publishers Weekly:

Pulitzer Prize winner Dillard (Piligrim at Tinker Creek), a writer of acute and singular observation, gathers poems, short stories, essays and chapters of novels from her diverse body of work. While most of these selections have been previously published, included is a reworked version of the short story "The Living," first published in 1978 in Harper's and from which the characters in the novel of the same title were drawn. There's also a new version of Holy the Firm, Dillard's meditation on and explanation of her search for God in everyday life. This sort of sampler approach works well for a writer whose prose-fiction and non-fiction-often reads like a journal; it also suits readers who like to browse. Dillard moves easily from the specific and physical to the theoretical and metaphysical, blending thought-provoking generalizations with images and descriptions of visceral sensuality. Sure to appeal to Dillard devotees, this collection serves admirably as an introduction to the uninitiated.
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0060171588
• ISBN 13: 9780060171582
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 455