Product Description: The Pulitzer Prize-winning work by the author whom The Boston Globe called "one of the most distinctive voices in American letters today."
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Rating: - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
This was the first book of Nature Writing I had ever read as a freshman in college. It is now one of my favorites. I love Dillard's intricacies, scientific observations, detail and metaphysical tangents ... Read More
Rating: - Utterly pointless
I found this book on Amazon.com. I am an avid Barbara Kingsolver fan and thought I would try one of the books that was linked to Kingsolver's books. I chose this book for the bookclub I am hosting for ... Read More
Rating: - Loved it!
Don Miller mentions it as one of those books that you read a paragraph of and then put away and ponder. Intense writing and thinking. Stream of consciousness type of stuff. Makes me want to spend more time ... Read More
Rating: - pilgrim at tinker creek
I found this book boring...I KNOW it was a Pulitzer prize winner. But, to
me, oh, so boring...
Annie Dillard is an excellent writer of course, and I loved her little
book, The Writing ... Read More
Rating: - The result of relentless observation
I first read this book in High School. I was impressed but 8 years later re-read the book to my younger sister for a class she was taking. She wasn't getting much from the book. But as I read it to her, I realized ... Read More