Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Dillard, Annie1974
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A collection of essays on the natural world during a year spent in the Blue Ridge Mountains reflects the author's interactions with her wilderness surroundings.Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a book that has continued to change people's lives for over thirty years. A passionate and poetic reflection on the mystery of creation with its beauty on the one hand and cruelty on the other, it has become a modern American literary classic in the tradition of Thoreau.
Main title:
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek / Annie Dillard
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Harper Perennial, 2013
Collation:
224 p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Copyright 1974."First Perennial classics edition published 1998" -- title page verso.
Contents:
Heaven and Earth in Jest -- Seeing -- Winter -- The fixed -- Untying the knot -- The present -- Spring -- Intricacy -- Flood -- Fecundity -- Stalking -- Nightwatch -- The horns of the Altar -- Northing -- The waters of separation.
Awards:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
ISBN:
9780061233326
Dewey class:
508.9755792
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
367761
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 508.9755792 DIL | Onloan - Due: 19 Sep 2024 |