The Precarious Walk: Essays from Sand and Sky
| AUTHOR | Barber, Phyllis |
| PUBLISHER | Torrey House Press (06/21/2022) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
A 2022 Association of Mormon Letters Awards Finalist
"Probing...thoughtful meditations on the needs of the soul."--KIRKUS REVIEWS
In wide-ranging personal essays at the crossroads of place and perspective, Phyllis Barber challenges and celebrates her Great Basin roots. From a backwoods church in Arkansas to the disappeared town of St. Thomas, buried beneath the waters of Lake Mead, award-winning essayist Phyllis Barber travels roads both internal and external, reflecting upon place and perspective, ambition and loss in The Precarious Walk. As a child growing up in the Mojave Desert, she witnesses the massive power of the Hoover Dam and a fiery rip in the sky from the Nevada Test Site. As an adult, Barber searches for meaning through music, movement, and human connection, examining her Mormon upbringing, the profound ways people and landscape impact one another, and the sudden loss of her first child with open-ended honesty. Barber's distinctly feminine voice expands upon the literature of the West alongside Ellen Meloy and Terry Tempest Williams, with seeking and questioning at the heart of this deeply felt collection. In the spirit of Flannery O'Connor and David James Duncan, Barber adds a deeply generous and--true to her high-desert roots--down-to-earth voice to the illumination of human experience.
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ISBN-13:
9781948814591
ISBN-10:
1948814595
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
227
Carton Quantity:
44
Product Dimensions:
5.12 x 0.79 x 7.87 inches
Weight:
0.55 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Literary Collections | Essays
Literary Collections | Essays
Literary Collections | Ecosystems & Habitats - Deserts
Dewey Decimal:
B
Library of Congress Control Number:
201941552
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A 2022 Association of Mormon Letters Awards Finalist
"Probing...thoughtful meditations on the needs of the soul."--KIRKUS REVIEWS
In wide-ranging personal essays at the crossroads of place and perspective, Phyllis Barber challenges and celebrates her Great Basin roots. From a backwoods church in Arkansas to the disappeared town of St. Thomas, buried beneath the waters of Lake Mead, award-winning essayist Phyllis Barber travels roads both internal and external, reflecting upon place and perspective, ambition and loss in The Precarious Walk. As a child growing up in the Mojave Desert, she witnesses the massive power of the Hoover Dam and a fiery rip in the sky from the Nevada Test Site. As an adult, Barber searches for meaning through music, movement, and human connection, examining her Mormon upbringing, the profound ways people and landscape impact one another, and the sudden loss of her first child with open-ended honesty. Barber's distinctly feminine voice expands upon the literature of the West alongside Ellen Meloy and Terry Tempest Williams, with seeking and questioning at the heart of this deeply felt collection. In the spirit of Flannery O'Connor and David James Duncan, Barber adds a deeply generous and--true to her high-desert roots--down-to-earth voice to the illumination of human experience.
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