Teaching a Stone to Talk (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Annie Dillard
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Essays
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Meditation
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Nature, 1980’s, Spiritual life or spirituality, Christianity, Mysticism
- Locales: Virginia, Antarctica, Arctic, Galápagos Islands, Puget Sound, WA
Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters resembles both Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Holy the Firm in that Dillard is still seeking answers to what she considers to be key questions: What is the universe about? What is the god like who created such a place as this? How is it possible to make sense of a universe that contains so much destructive energy and violence? In this book she again hunts for the silent god who created the natural world that Dillard often finds disturbingly violent and indifferent. This time, rather than center her investigations...
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