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Desert Solitaire : A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey (1985, Mass Market)

"Rough, tough, combative . . . a passionately felt, deeply poetic book."--Edwin Way Teale, The New York Times Book Review "This is not primarily a book about the desert," writes Edward Abbey in his introduction. "In recording my impressions of the natural scene I have striven above all for accuracy, since I believe that there is a kind of poetry, even a kind of truth, in simple fact. But the desertis a vast world, an oceanic world, as deep in its way and complex and various as the sea. Language makes a mighty loose net with which to go fishing for simple facts, when facts are infinite. If a man knew enough he could write a whole book about the juniper tree. Not juniper trees in general but that one particular juniper tree which grows from a ledge of naked sandstone near the old entrance to Arches National Monument. What I have tried to do then is something a bit different. Since you cannot get the desert into a book any more than a fisherman can haul up the sea with his nets, I have tried to create a world of words in which the desert figures more as medium than as material. Not imitation but evocation has been the goal."

Book Title
Desert Solitaire : a Season in the Wilderness
Author
Edward Abbey
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts, Literary, Ecology, Parks & Campgrounds, Natural Resources
Publication Year
1985
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Travel
Number of Pages
352 Pages

Reviews
"This book may well seem like a ride on a bucking bronco. It is rough, tough, combative. The author is a rebel and an eloquent loner. His is a passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures . . . set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." --Edwin Way Teale, The New York Times Book Review
Copyright Date
1968
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
67-026166
Dewey Decimal
818/.5/403
Dewey Edition
20

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