{"product_id":"the-abundance-narrative-essays-old-and-new-by-annie-dillard","title":"The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New by Annie Dillard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn recognition of her long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author herself. With a foreword by Geoff Dyer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through a page or sentence, Dillard can only be enjoyed by a wide-awake reader,\" warns Geoff Dyer in his foreword to this stellar collection. Carefully culled from her past work,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Abundance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis quintessential Annie Dillard, delivered in her fierce and undeniably singular voice, filled with fascinating detail and metaphysical fact. The pieces within will exhilarate both admiring fans and a new generation of readers, having been \"re-framed and re-hung,\" with fresh editing and reordering by the author, to situate these now seminal works within her larger canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Abundance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereminds us that Dillard's brand of \"novelized nonfiction\" pioneered the form long before it came to be widely appreciated. Intense, vivid, and fearless, her work endows the true and seemingly ordinary aspects of life--a commuter chases snowball-throwing children through neighborhood streets, a teenager memorizes Rimbaud's poetry--with beauty and irony, inviting readers onto sweeping landscapes, to join her in exploring the complexities of time and death, with a sense of humor: on one page, an eagle falls from the sky with a weasel attached to its throat; on another, a man walks into a bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluding such classic essays as \"Total Eclipse,\" \"A Writer in the World\" and \"On Foot in Virginia's Roanoke Valley,\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Abundance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexquisitely showcases Annie Dillard's enigmatic, enduring genius, as Dillard herself wishes it to be marked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A valedictory collection.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Dillard is triumphantly awake, and these essays are magnificent and dramatic, illuminating and inspirational. Read them; they brim with abundance.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A heady selection... What a joy it is to take a walk with Dillard.... With stirring language and powerful intellect, Dillard shows us what it means to be alive.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"What a gift.... Annie Dillard writes better sentences than just about anyone alive.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A solid introduction to a writer blessed with an all-consuming consciousness steeped in both faith and science.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie Dillard\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Writing Life, The Living\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Maytrees\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and has received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEcco Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eFebruary 14, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780062432964\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.9\" H x 7.2\" L x 5.4\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e304 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45476524687546,"sku":"9780062432964","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/71sFelr5FLL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767026845","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/the-abundance-narrative-essays-old-and-new-by-annie-dillard","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}