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For the Time Being
For the Time Being
Author: Annie Dillard
Following a novel, a memoir, and a book of poems, Annie Dillard returns to a form of nonfiction she has made her own--now, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. — This personal narrative surveys the panorama of our world, past and present. Here is a natural history of sand...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375403804
ISBN-10: 0375403809
Publication Date: 3/16/1999
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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This is a touching personal narrative that surveys the panorama of our world, past and present. Here is a natural history of sand, a catalogue of clouds, a batch of newborns on an obstetrical ward, a family of Mongol horsemen, and more!
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