Description
The essays in The Gift of Good Land are as true today as when they were first published in 1981; the problems addressed here are still true and the solutions no nearer to hand. The insistent theme of this book is the interdependence, the wholeness, the oneness of people, land, weather, animals, and family. To touch one is to tamper with them all. We live in one functioning organism whose separate parts are artificially isolated by our culture. Here, Berry develops the compelling argument that the "gift" of good land has strings attached. We have it only on loan and only for as long as we practice good stewardship.
Author: Wendell Berry
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.01h x 4.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781582434841
ISBN10: 1582434840
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture | General
Author: Wendell Berry
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.01h x 4.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781582434841
ISBN10: 1582434840
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture | General
About the Author
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.