Udvidet returret til d. 31. januar 2025

The Thing Is: Selected Writings by Patsy Garlan

The Thing Is: Selected Writings by Patsy Garlanaf Patsy Garlan
Bag om The Thing Is: Selected Writings by Patsy Garlan

An anxious writer braves the verdict of an austere IRS auditor. A corpse reveals our common humanity. A lonely old lady shares her bittersweet last hours. Fall leaves fall, dogs bounds, cats stroll through these lively selections from Patsy Garlan's 60-year writing career. In pithy poems, evocative stories, and telling essays, Garlan's light touch draws the reader of The Thing Is into a world all human beings share and create. Love, loss, birth, death, and the hereafter, are among her wide-ranging themes. She writes of coming to terms with the daunting computer, or succumbing to the charms of the ever-present cellphone, of reveling in the joys and challenges of the natural world.And on every page of The Thing Is, what shines through is the celebration of life.

Vis mere
  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780996373616
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 348
  • Udgivet:
  • 13. april 2016
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x18x229 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 467 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 6. december 2024

Beskrivelse af The Thing Is: Selected Writings by Patsy Garlan

An anxious writer braves the verdict of an austere IRS auditor. A corpse reveals our common humanity. A lonely old lady shares her bittersweet last hours. Fall leaves fall, dogs bounds, cats stroll through these lively selections from Patsy Garlan's 60-year writing career. In pithy poems, evocative stories, and telling essays, Garlan's light touch draws the reader of The Thing Is into a world all human beings share and create. Love, loss, birth, death, and the hereafter, are among her wide-ranging themes. She writes of coming to terms with the daunting computer, or succumbing to the charms of the ever-present cellphone, of reveling in the joys and challenges of the natural world.And on every page of The Thing Is, what shines through is the celebration of life.

Brugerbedømmelser af The Thing Is: Selected Writings by Patsy Garlan



Find lignende bøger
Bogen The Thing Is: Selected Writings by Patsy Garlan findes i følgende kategorier:

Gør som tusindvis af andre bogelskere

Tilmeld dig nyhedsbrevet og få gode tilbud og inspiration til din næste læsning.