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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Author: Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard was only twenty-nine when "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek", her second book, won a Pulitzer Price in 1975. Her honors since then have included a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim Foundation grant, and a National Book Critics' Circle Award nomination in 1987 for "An American Childhood". Born in Pittsburgh in 1945, Dilla...  more »
ISBN: 25265
Pages: 637
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Publisher: Harper & Row/BOMC
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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This is one book that I'm going to keep, not send back out again. Annie Dillard's descriptions of her experiences with nature make the reader think in a larger frame of mind. She brings in many asides that make the reader travel with her as she ponders the absolute immensity and minuteness of the world. I think I will have to reread this book many times to understand and to digest the treasures it holds.
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Very good, thought provoking read. Also included in this book are Annie Dillard's other works, "An American Childhood", and "The Writing Life".
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Great read, very intense


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