A Place on Earth by Wendell Berry - ISBN: 9781582431246
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Part ribald farce, part lyrical contemplation, Wendell Berry’s novel is the story of a place - Port William, Kentucky - the farm lands and forests that surround it, and the river that runs nearby. The rhythms of this novel are the rhythms of the land.

A Place on Earth

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    17 May 2001

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Summary

In the second book of the beloved Port William series, Wendell Berry weaves a portrait of a community bound by war, loss, and hope, where “the earth is the genius of our life” and final questions find their answersPublished in 1967, we return to Port William during the Second World War to revisit Jayber Crow, the barber, Uncle Stanley, the gravedigger, Jarrat and Burley, the sharecroppers, and Brother Preston, the preacher, as well as Mat Feltner, his wife Margaret, and his daughter-in-law Ha…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781582431246
ISBN-10:1582431248
Author:Wendell Berry
Publisher:Counterpoint
Imprint:Counterpoint
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:17 May 2001
Weight:449g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm
Series:Port William
About The Author

Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.

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