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Indlæser... The Best American Essays 1988af Annie Dillard (Redaktør), Robert Atwan (Redaktør)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Some of these personal pieces can be faulted as self-indulgent, philosophically esoteric, unfocused or elusive, as the writers, in a free-associative manner, ponder their pasts in an attempt to find coherency in the world. But readers will also discover here numerous works by thoughtful wordsmiths. William Manchester derides fake machismo and honors his brave comrades-in-arms as he relives the wet, green hell of Okinawa, and Samuel Hynes, who learned to fly in the U.S. Navy during WW II, recalls how happy he had been "in the game of flying, before the dying began." A South African member of parliament who wages a just, lonely fight against apartheid is limned by E. J. Kahn Jr., and the "lovely fragile" tourist idyll of Haiti, disfigured by the ravages of AIDS, is mourned by Richard Selzer. Kimberly Wozencraft revisits her term at a minimum-security prison and Eleanor Munro resolves that each suffering pilgrim at Lourdes is "like a plumb-weight pulling the cords of a whole belief system into alignment." ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Now in its third year, The Best American Essays series has been singled out by critics as one of the nest annual anthologies. Surveying American writing from Home & Garden to Grand Street, form the San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle to the New York Times, the 1988 selections represent the diversity and quality of the contemporary American essay. Guest editor Annie Dillard has compiled this year's volume with a keen appreciation of the infinite range of human experience. Richard Selzer describes AIDS in Haiti, Mary Lee Settle evokes London during the Blitz, and George Garrett reminisces about a couple of one-eyed coaches. Arthur C. Danto is inspired by the Battle of Gettysburg, and William Manchester by the bloodiest battle of all, Okinawa. From pilgrims at Lourdes to the seasons in Maine, from the experiences of a woman prisoner to reflections on reading philosophy at night, these are essays that entertain, provoke, inform, and transport us - to other places, other times, other lives. - Dust jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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