An Elemental Thing
With An Elemental Thing, Weinberger turns from his celebrated political chronicles to the timelessness of the subjects of his literary essays. With the wisdom of a literary archaeologist-astronomer-anthropologist-zookeeper, he leads us through histories, fables, and meditations about the ten thousand things in the universe: the wind and the rhinoceros, Catholic saints and people named Chang, the Mandaeans on the Iran-Iraq border and the Kaluli in the mountains of New Guinea. Among the thirty-five essays included are a poetic biography of the prophet Muhammad, which was praised by the London Times for its great beauty and grace, and The Stars,…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8112-1694-4
- EAN: 9780811216944
- Produktnummer: 2758883
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 194 S.
- Masse: H20.1 cm x B18.0 cm x D1.4 cm 236 g
- Gewicht: 236
Über den Autor
Eliot Weinberger is an essayist, editor, and translator. He lives in New York City.
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