An Elemental Thing
| AUTHOR | Weinberger, Eliot |
| PUBLISHER | New Directions Publishing Corporation (05/17/2007) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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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," a reverie on what's up there that has already been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, and Maori.
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ISBN-13:
9780811216944
ISBN-10:
0811216942
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Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
194
Carton Quantity:
48
Product Dimensions:
5.30 x 0.70 x 8.00 inches
Weight:
0.55 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
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Table of Contents
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Literary Collections | Essays
Dewey Decimal:
814.54
Library of Congress Control Number:
2007001143
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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," a reverie on what's up there that has already been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, and Maori.
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Author:
Weinberger, Eliot
Eliot Weinberger (b. NYC, 1949), is an essayist and translator. He won PEN s first Gregory Kolovakos Award for promoting Hispanic literature in the US, and he is America s first literary writer to receive Mexico s Order of the Aztec Eagle. He lives in New York City.
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