Wild An Elemental Journey |
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| Author:
| Griffiths, Jay |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58542-403-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Tarcher |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $25.95 |
Book Description:
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In Wild, Jay Griffiths describes an extraordinary odyssey through wildernesses of earth, ice, water, and fire. A poetic consideration of the tender connection between human society and the wild, the book is by turns passionate, political, funny, and harrowing. It is also a journey into that greatest of uncharted lands-the wilderness of the mind-and Griffiths beautifully explores the language and symbolism that shape our experience of our own wildness. Part travelogue, part manifesto...
More DescriptionIn Wild, Jay Griffiths describes an extraordinary odyssey through wildernesses of earth, ice, water, and fire. A poetic consideration of the tender connection between human society and the wild, the book is by turns passionate, political, funny, and harrowing. It is also a journey into that greatest of uncharted lands-the wilderness of the mind-and Griffiths beautifully explores the language and symbolism that shape our experience of our own wildness. Part travelogue, part manifesto for wildness as an essential character of life, Wildis a one-of-a-kind book from a one-of-a-kind author.