| Description |
1 online resource (190 pages) |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: I. HAUNTINGS -- Ghost Hallway -- Hearing Trains -- Ashtray County -- Gestures in Waiting -- Casino Love -- Walking with Marisa -- Fog Sleepers -- Hotel in Auschwitz -- Death of a Shortstop -- Notes from the Konukevi -- II. FOLK MUSIC -- Beggar on the Danube -- Looking for the Bishop -- Doctor Whisper -- Starlight in a Spoon -- Prejudice of Teeth -- These Faces -- Porch Falling -- Shadows Moving Porch-Wise -- Falling into the Arms of a Dervish -- III. HOPE -- Town -- Army of Wonder -- Guardian of the Lost Bell -- Bus Stop Elegy -- Every Day a Flower Opens -- Washed Away -- Working in the Jewish Cemetery -- Latecomer to Glorious Places -- Seeing a Lake from Far Away -- Why I Go North |
| Summary |
In the tradition of the meditative essay, the writing of Robert Vivian begins with a mundane moment and, through the delicate workings of curiosity, contemplation, and inspiration, reveals unsuspected meaning.In his second collection of essays Vivian finds his occasions in midwestern towns and European cities. He looks for-and sometimes stumbles upon-the spiritual significance of circumstances and places and those who inhabit them, from the Jewish dead in a long-neglected cemetery in Poland to a dog slaughtered on a highway fronting the Black Sea to gunshots ringing out in |
| Notes |
Essays |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
American essays.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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American essays
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011021829 |
| ISBN |
9780803238350 |
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0803238355 |
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1280687436 |
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9781280687433 |
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9786613664372 |
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6613664375 |
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