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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Author: Annie Dillard
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a personal narrative. It highlights one year's explorations on foot in the author's own neighborhood, one year's assaults and curiosities. Here are both beauty and terror: the vision of a cedar tree charged with light, and the sight of a crippled moth crawling on the ground, his wings crumpled and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061219801
ISBN-10: 0061219800
Publication Date: 1974
Pages: 271
Edition: [1st U.S. ed.]
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3.3 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Harper's Magazine Press
Book Type: Unknown Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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This is one book that I'm going to keep, not send back out again. Annie Dillard's descriptions of her experiences with nature make the reader think in a larger frame of mind. She brings in many asides that make the reader travel with her as she ponders the absolute immensity and minuteness of the world. I think I will have to reread this book many times to understand and to digest the treasures it holds.
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Very good, thought provoking read. Also included in this book are Annie Dillard's other works, "An American Childhood", and "The Writing Life".
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Great read, very intense


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