Islands, the Universe, Home
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > Biographies & Memoire > Biography and non-fiction prose > Literary essays > Islands, the Universe, Home: Essays
Islands, the Universe, Home: Essays

Islands, the Universe, Home: Essays


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
X
About the Book

Ten essays on nature, ritual, and philosophy "that are so point-blank vital you nearly need to put the book down to settle yourself" (San Francisco Chronicle). Gretel Ehrlich's world is one of solitude and wonder, pain and beauty, and these elements give life to her stunning prose. Ever since her acclaimed debut, The Solace of Open Spaces, she has illuminated the particular qualities of nature and the self with graceful precision. In Islands, the Universe, Home, Ehrlich expands her explorations, traveling to the remote reaches of the earth and deep into her soul. She tells of a voyage of discovery in northern Japan, where she finds her "bridge to heaven." She captures a "light moving down a mountain slope." She sees a ruined city in the face of a fire-scarred mountain. Above all, she recalls what a painter once told her about art when she was twelve years old, as she sat for her portrait: "You have to mix death into everything. Then you have to mix life into that." In this unforgettable collection, Ehrlich mixes life and death, real and sacred, to offer a stunning vision of our world that is both achingly familiar and miraculously strange. According to National Book Award-winning author Andrea Barrett, these essays are "as spare and beautiful as the landscape from which they've grown. . . . Each one is a pilgrimage into the secrets of the heart."

About the Author :
Gretel Ehrlich is an award-winning writer and naturalist. Born and raised in California, she was educated at Bennington College and UCLA Film School. She is the author of thirteen books, including the essay collection The Solace of Open Spaces (1985), the novel Heart Mountain (1988), and the memoirs A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck by Lightning (1994) and This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland (2001), as well as The Future of Ice: A Journey into Cold (2004), and, most recently, Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of a Tsunami (2014). Her prose pieces have appeared in Harper's, the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, and National Geographic, among many other publications. Ehrlich lives in Montana and Hawaii.

Review :
"Gorgeously original prose . . . a sensibility drawn to the mystical yet grounded in science." --Newsday "A volume of ten deep, wandering essays that at times are so point-blank vital you nearly need to put down the book to settle yourself." --San Francisco Chronicle "Her essays, delicately combining interior and exterior exploration, are as spare and beautiful as the landscape from which they've grown. . . . Each one is a pilgrimage into the secrets of the heart." --Andrea Barrett, National Book Award-winning author of Ship Fever "Ehrlich eschews logic and finds order in paradox. . . . Accounts of a heifer in trouble, training a horse, a wounded eagle, and always, the land and the weather in an infinity of permutations--subjects Ehrlich's eloquence and passion elevate to poetry." --Chicago Tribune "Her observation is never less than diamond-sharp. . . . Her scrutiny is as exact as any naturalist's; transcendence occurs without veils and mists, and there is often a delicate sense of social comedy." --The Boston Globe "A powerful, idiosyncratic collection of naturalistic essays . . . Ehrlich's prose . . . yields provocative images. . . . Her sharp eye cast unblinking both within and without." --Publishers Weekly "Ehrlich combines a naturalist's eye with a philosopher's meditations. . . . A lyrical, loving appreciation of landscape and life." --Kirkus Reviews "A practical listener . . . [Ehrlich] repeatedly finds common sense in the wisdom of physicists and astronomers. . . . She has a talent for using a prosaic task, a farm chore for instance, as a way of reaching toward something more." --The Christian Science Monitor "In one sentence Ehrlich can evoke the brushstrokes of an ancient but timeless canvas." --TheVirginian-Pilot "Her Islands offer a blessed cool-down to the hassled city dweller, a green space to be quiet in." --New Woman "She writes with the same lyrical ease (as The Solace of Open Spaces), a seamless style that engages readers with that rare combination of intelligence, perception and grace." --Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) "Her thoughtful, poetic language is a pleasure to read." --Library Journal


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781504042871
  • Publisher: Open Road Media
  • Publisher Imprint: Open Road Media
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Essays
  • ISBN-10: 1504042875
  • Publisher Date: 21 Feb 2017
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 196


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Islands, the Universe, Home: Essays
Open Road Media -
Islands, the Universe, Home: Essays
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Islands, the Universe, Home: Essays

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    Fresh on the Shelf


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!