The Art of the Commonplace
The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry
$52.40
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
5 August 2003
Summary
Gathering twenty essays that offer an agrarian alternative to our dominant urban culture, The Art of the Commonplace is Wendell Berry “speaking with calm and sanity out of the wilderness” (The Washington Post Book World).
Grouped around five themes—an agrarian critique of culture, agrarian fundamentals, agrarian economics, agrarian religion, and geobiography—the essays collected here promote a clearly defined and compelling vision important to all people dissatisfied with the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781593760076 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1593760078 |
| Author: | Wendell Berry, Norman Wirzba |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 5 August 2003 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 152mm x 230mm |
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“Here is a human being speaking with calm and sanity out of the wilderness. We would do well to hear him.” —The Washington Post Book World
Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
August 5, 1934 – August 31, 2026
Wendell Berry was an essayist, novelist, and poet.
Awards and Honors:
- T. S. Eliot Prize
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry
- John Hay Award of the Orion Society
- Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
- National Humanities Medal (2010), awarded by President Barack Obama
- Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle (2016)
Berry lived with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.
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