Small Wonder: Essays - Brossura

Kingsolver, Barbara

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ISBN 10: 0060504080 ISBN 13: 9780060504083

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial, 2003

Riassunto

Twenty-two optimistic and articulate essays by the author of High Tide in Tucson cover such topics as nature, family, literature, gardening, adolescence, genetic engineering, civil rights, TV, and the joys of everyday life while examining the challenges of war, poverty, and violence. Reprint.

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Recensione

“Observant, imaginative, and both lucid and impassioned.” (Book Magazine)

“This book of essays by Barbara Kingsolver is like a visit from a cherished old friend.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“Kingsolver possesses a rare depth of understanding of nature’s complex mechanisms.” (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review)

“A delightful, challenging, and wonderfully informative book.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Essays ... [of] great skill and wisdom.” (Booklist)

L'autore

Barbara Kingsolver is the author of nine bestselling works of fiction, including the novels, Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible, Animal Dreams, and The Bean Trees, as well as books of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction. Her work of narrative nonfiction is the enormously influential bestseller Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver’s work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. She was awarded the National Humanities Medal, our country’s highest honor for service through the arts, as well as the prestigious Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her body of work. She lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Harper Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060504080
• ISBN 13: 9780060504083
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 288