A Place on Earth
$29.99
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2001
Summary
In the second book of the beloved Port William series, Wendell Berry weaves a portrait of a community bound by war, loss, and hope, where “the earth is the genius of our life” and final questions find their answers.
Published in 1967, we return to Port William during the Second World War to revisit Jayber Crow, the barber, Uncle Stanley, the gravedigger, Jarrat and Burley, the sharecroppers, and Brother Preston, the preacher, as well as Mat Feltner, his wife Margaret, and his daughter…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781582431246 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1582431248 |
| Author: | Wendell Berry |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 17 May 2001 |
| Weight: | 449g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 228mm |
| Series: | Port William |
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Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
(August 5, 1934 - August 31, 2026)
Wendell Berry was an essayist, novelist, and poet. He received numerous accolades throughout his life, including the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2010, President Barack Obama awarded him the National Humanities Medal, and in 2016, he was honored with the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. Berry resided with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.
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