Common Ground - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879233834 ISBN 13: 9780879233839

Synopsis

"In these compassionate, quietly evocative essays, Mr. Finch makes an eloquent case for dealing with nature not just as an extension of ourselves but as a world apart." - New York Times Book Review When Common Ground was first published, Annie Dillard praised Robert Finch's essays for "their strength, subtlety, and above all their geniality." New readers will have a chance to discover that Finch's Cape Cod is indeed a wonderful place. The birds, fish, and animals that share the cape's fragile ecology on any given summer day with the human residents are described with the fresh eye of a first-rate nature writer.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This is a book about beginnings, or landfalls, in a place by the sea that has been explored, settled, visited, studied, and written about more than almost any other stretch of the North American coastline. The focus of these essays is a personal response to the changing face of this curved peninsula, keeping in touch with the place where one lives.

About the Author

Robert Finch is the author of five collections of essays and co-editor of The Norton Book of Nature Writing. He broadcasts a weekly commentary on N.P.R. and serves on the faculty of the M.F.A. in Writing Program at Spalding University in Louisville, Ky. He lives in Wellfleet, M.A. .

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879233834
• ISBN 13: 9780879233839
• Binding: Paperback