From the rear cover
"Perfectly crafted. . . . [These] stories expand of their own accord, lingering in the mind the way intense light lingers in the retina." --"Los Angeles Times
"Animals and landscapes have not had this weight, this precision, in American fiction since Hemingway's young heroes were fishing the streams of upper Michigan and Spain." --"San Francisco Chronicle
Aflock of great blue herons descending through a snowstorm to the streets of New York. . . . A river in Nebraska disappearing mysteri-ously. . . . A ghostly herd of buffalo that sings a song of death. . . . A mystic who raises constellations of stones from the desert floor. . . . All these are to be found in Winter Count, the exquisite and rapturous collection by the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams.
In these resonant and unpredictable stories Barry Lopez proves that he is one of the most important and original writers at work in America today. With breathtaking skill and a few deft strokes he produces painfully beautiful scenes. Combining the real with the wondrous, he offers us a pure vision of people alive to the immediacy and spiritual truth of nature."Powerful. . . . [Lopez] can steal your breath away." --"Minneapolis Tribune "Richly allusive, moving, compassionate, these stories celebrate the web of nature that holds the world together."
--"The Philadelphia Inquirer
From the jacket flap
"Perfectly crafted. . . . [These] stories expand of their own accord, lingering in the mind the way intense light lingers in the retina." --"Los Angeles Times
"Animals and landscapes have not had this weight, this precision, in American fiction since Hemingway's young heroes were fishing the streams of upper Michigan and Spain." --"San Francisco Chronicle
Aflock of great blue herons descending through a snowstorm to the streets of New York. . . . A river in Nebraska disappearing mysteri-ously. . . . A ghostly herd of buffalo that sings a song of death. . . . A mystic who raises constellations of stones from the desert floor. . . . All these are to be found in Winter Count, the exquisite and rapturous collection by the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams.
In these resonant and unpredictable stories Barry Lopez proves that he is one of the most important and original writers at work in America today. With breathtaking skill and a few deft strokes he produces painfully beautiful scenes. Combining the real with the wondrous, he offers us a pure vision of people alive to the immediacy and spiritual truth of nature."Powerful. . . . [Lopez] can steal your breath away." --"Minneapolis Tribune "Richly allusive, moving, compassionate, these stories celebrate the web of nature that holds the world together."
--"The Philadelphia Inquirer
Details
- Title Winter Count
- Author Barry Lopez
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Vintage Book
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-11-02
- ISBN 9780679781417 / 0679781412
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.34 x 0.34 in (20.22 x 13.56 x 0.86 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Social life and customs -, Natural history - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99021325
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- New York Times, 01/23/2000, Page 32
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