Deep Play
$31.62
- Paperback
258 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2000
Summary
Award-winning essayist and poet Diane Ackerman has beguiled us with her richly informative tours of the senses, the heart, and the world of endangered species. In her latest exploration, Ackerman illuminates an exalted state of transcendence achieved through emotionally and physically vigorous activities. The ability to play is an essential part of what it means to be human. And “deep play” is that intensified form of play that puts us in a rapturous mood and awakens the most creative, sentie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679771357 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679771352 |
| Author: | Diane Ackerman |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 258 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2000 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 134mm x 204mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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”[Ackerman] brings such joy to the page…. The very act of reading this original, exultant, sage, poetic, and generous meditation on the importance of enchantment is deep play, and you can’t ask that a book be anything more wonderful than that.” –Booklist “A fascinating subject…. Ackerman writes a swiftly moving and sensuous prose.” –The Washington Post Book World
“Ackerman is a skilled observer of nature and a lyrical prose stylist…. This is a human keenly attuned to her senses.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer
About The Author
Diane Ackerman
Poet, essayist, and naturalist, Diane Ackerman is the author of many highly acclaimed works of nonfiction, including “A Natural History of the Senses” – a book beloved by readers all over the worldand the volumes “Deep Play, A Slender
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