"For nonwriters, it is a glimpse into the trials and satisfactions of a life spent with words. For writers, it is a warm, rambling, conversation with a stimulating and extraordinarily talented colleague." ? Chicago TribuneFrom Pulitzer...

The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New von Dillard, Annie

In recognition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection, including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself."A writer who...

Timeless reflections on solitude, writing and faith amidst the beautiful though sometimes brutal world of nature on the author's doorstep in Virginia state's Blue Ridge Mountains. '(A) classic of nature writing... a great...

"A collection of meditations like polished stones — painstakingly worded, tough-minded, yet partial to mystery, and peerless when it comes to injecting larger resonances into the natural world." — Kirkus ReviewsHere, in this compelling...

In 1975 Annie Dillard took up residence on an island in Puget Sound in a wooded room furnished with "one enormous window, one cat, one spider and one person." For the next two years she asked herself questions about time, reality,...

Am Rand der Neuen Welt: Roman

A best-selling, Pulizer Prize-winning author looks at her craft and, in a series of illuminating metaphors and anecdotes, paints a picture of a demanding, unpredictable, and sometimes absurd existence

„Der freie Fall der Spottdrossel“ von Annie Dillard ist ein Werk, das sich durch eine tiefgründige Erkundung der Natur und des menschlichen Geistes auszeichnet. In diesem Buch verbindet Dillard ihre Beobachtungen der natürlichen Welt mit...