Upstream: Selected Essays - (libro En Inglés)

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Nombre: Upstream: Selected Essays - (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: Penguin

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One of O, The Oprah Magazines Ten Best Books of the Year The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver.There's hardly a page in my copy of Upstream that isn't folded down or underlined and scribbled on, so charged is Oliver's language . . . Maureen Corrigan, NPRs Fresh AirUniting essays from Olivers previous books and elsewhere, this gem of a collection offers a compelling synthesis of the poets thoughts on the natural, spiritual and artistic worlds . . . The New York Times In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be. So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which reveredpoet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature. Emphasizing the significance of her childhood friend Walt Whitman, through whose work she first understood that a poem is a temple, a place to enter, and in which to feel, and who encouraged her to vanish into the world of her writing, Oliver meditates on the forces that allowed her to create a life for herself out of work and love. As she writes, I could not be a poet without the natural world. Someone else could. But not me. For me the door to the woods is the door to the temple. Upstream follows Oliver as she contemplates the pleasure of artistic labor, her boundless curiosity for the flora and fauna that surround her, and the responsibility she has inherited from Shelley, Wordsworth, Emerson, Poe, and Frost, the great thinkers and writers of the past, to live thoughtfully, intelligently, and to observe with passion. Throughout this collection, Oliver positions not just herself upstream but us as well as she encourages us all to keep moving, to lose ourselves in the awe of the unknown, and to give power and time to the creative and whimsical urges that live within us. Críticas There's hardly a page in my copy of Upstream that isn't folded down or underlined and scribbled on, so charged is Oliver's language . . . I need a moment away from unceasing word drip of debates about the election, about whether Elena Ferrante has the right to privacy, about whether Bob Dylan writes 'Literature.' I need a moment, more than a moment, in the steady and profound company of Mary Oliver and I think you might need one too. Maureen Corrigan, NPRs Fresh AirUniting essays from Olivers previous books and elsewhere, this gem of a collection offers a compelling synthesis of the poets thoughts on the natural, spiritual and artistic worlds . . . With each page, the book gains accumulative power. The various threads intertwine and become taut. The New York TimesWhen reading Mary Oliver in any formpoetry or proseyou oughtn't be surprised when suddenly you find yourself at a full stop. When you come across a sentence so arresting in its beautyits construction, its word choice, its truthsyou can't help but pause, hit "reread," and await the transformative soaking-in, the awakening of mind and soul that's sure to settle deeply. She never fails to stir us from whatever is the natural speck before our gaze to the immeasurable heaven's dome above and beyond. Chicago TribuneUpstream is a testament to a lifetime of paying attention, and an invitation to readers to do the same. Christian Science Monitor The richness of these essayspart revelation, part instructionwill prompt readers to dive in again and again. The Washington Post A tremendously vitalizing read . . . grounding and elevating at the same time. Brain Pickings Oliver immerses us in an ever-widening circle, in which a shrub or flower opens onto the cosmos, revealing our meager, masterful place in it. Hold Upstream in your hands, and you hold a miracl

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-Idioma: Inglés
-Autor: Oliver, Mary
-Editorial: Penguin
-N° Paginas: 192
-Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
-Envío: Desde EE.UU.

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Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9781594206702
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defectos de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 1594206708
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta dura
Editorial: Penguin
Titulo del libro: Upstream: Selected Essays - (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: Oliver, Mary
Fecha de publicación: 2016
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 192
ISBN-13: 9781594206702
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Genero musical: Literatura Universal
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9781594206702