Islands, the Universe, Home by Ehrlich, Gretel - 1992

Penguin Books. Used - Good.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1992. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1992. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992-10-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

UsedVeryGood. This copy has some minor shelf wear. The pages are clean, free of underlining, highlighting or notes. The binding is tight.

Penguin Books. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Trade Paperback. Penguin 1991. Yellowing. Light Wear. Unless Listed in this decription, VG or Better.

Gretel Ehrlich s world is one of isolation and wonder, of pain and grace, and these elements ignite her vivid imagination. She writes of ravens and elk and prairie dogs, and eagles falling out of the sky. 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." One evening there is a contrapuntal dance of death: a calf she has tried to save, and a friend and mentor both die. She remembers what a painter once told her when she was twelve years old, as he was painting her portrait: "You have to mix death into everything. Then you have to mix life into that. If they are not there I try to mix them. Otherwise, the painting won t be human."Through these explorations, in prose that is supple and muscular and evocative, Ehrlich begins to understand her own longings, her own nature, and the relatedness of her life to the universe.

Penguin Books, October 1992. Trade Paperback. Used - VeryGood. paperback in very good condition. light rubbing on edges.

Penguin Books, 1992-10-01. Paperback. New.