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An Elemental Thing by Eliot Weinberger (2007, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
0811216942
ISBN-13
9780811216944
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57267355
Product Key Features
Book Title
Elemental Thing
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Essays
Genre
Literary Collections
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-001143
TitleLeading
An
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
814/.54
Synopsis
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., 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., Internationally acclaimed as one of the most innovative writers today, Eliot Weinberger has taken the essay into unexplored territories on the borders of poetry and narrative where the only rule, according to the author, is that all the information must be verifiable., In a new cycle of linked nonfiction prose-pieces, Eliot Weinberger creates another "vortex for the entire universe." ("Boston Review") "If you dream of a jaguar, people are coming. If the jaguar bites you, they are not people." --Eliot Weinberger, from "Lacandons" Internationally acclaimed as one of the most innovative writers today, Eliot Weinberger has taken the essay into unexplored territories on the borders of poetry and narrative where the only rule, according to the author, is that all the information must be verifiable. 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.
LC Classification Number
PS3573.E3928E64 2007
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