Remembering
A Novel
Published in 1990 by the legendary North Point Press, this is a poetic novel of despair, hope, and the redemptive power of work. After losing his hand in an accident, Andy Catlett confronts an agronomist whose surreal vision can see only industrial farming. This vision is powerfully contrasted with that of modest Amish farmers content to live outside the pressures brought by capitalist postindustrial progress, and by working the land to keep away the three great evils, boredom, vice, and need.As Andy's perspective filters through his anger over his loss and the harsh city of San Francisco surrounding him, he begins to remember: the people and…
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- ISBN: 978-1-58243-957-0
- EAN: 9781582439570
- Produktnummer: 21841607
- Verlag: Catapult
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 112 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 898 KB
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Wendell Berry is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.
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