I
loved this book for its gorgeous writing, particularly the descriptions of
paintings and buildings in Rome. I was so moved by Doerr’s evocative words that
I was compelled to find online images of these subjects as I read.
Not only
does he write with beautiful precision, but he also conveys his experiences with honesty
and humility, noting the linguistic and physical challenges he encountered as a
writer trying to justify a fellowship while raising two infants in an ancient
city.
From the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All the Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land, a "dazzling" (Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran) memoir about art and adventures in Rome.
Anthony Doerr has received many awards—from the New York Public Library, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Library Association. Then came the Rome Prize, one of the most prestigious awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and with it a stipend and a writing studio in Rome for a year. Doerr learned of the award…
I have read Winter three times, and with each reading, my
admiration for the talent of Rick Bass grows.
As a writer, I favor economy and
distillation as a means of mining the essence of a subject, which Bass
demonstrates with his poetic yet conversational style.
He focuses on natural
beauty, seeing the hidden connections around us, like deer antlers resembling
tree branches. To read Winter is to live inside the wilderness he describes.
His reverence for this world abounds on every page.
A Short History of Nearly
Everything lives on my bedside table. Each time I open it, I am struck anew by
the extent of Bryson’s scientific knowledge and the time it must have taken him to
compose this masterpiece.
With clear and flawless language, he brings us inside
a cell or to the edge of the solar system as he conveys the miracles of planet
Earth. For instance, so widely are atoms recycled that a billion of our own
once belonged to Shakespeare.
The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies.
'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist 'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' Guardian 'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide' The Times
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to…
In Lovers and Loners, Jean Ryan's new collection of short stories, we meet a richly varied group of women struggling for footholds in a shifting world.
In"Parasites," we're introduced to a widow who agrees to have dinner with a man she fears is a killer. "Manatee Gardens" deftly explores the relationship between a mother and daughter who discover common ground at a marine sanctuary just when time seems to be working against them.
In "Chasing Zero," a woman with a mysterious illness loses her hold on the callous man she adores. "Odds and Ends" follows a woman running errands on the last day of her life.
