{"product_id":"the-abundance-narrative-essays-old-and-new-isbn-9780062432971","title":"The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn recognition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection, including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through a page or sentence, Dillard can only be enjoyed by a wide-awake reader,” warns Geoff Dyer in his introduction to this stellar collection. Carefully culled from her past work, The Abundance is quintessential Annie Dillard, delivered in her fierce and undeniably singular voice, filled with fascinating detail and metaphysical fact. The pieces within will exhilarate both admiring fans and a new generation of readers, having been “re-framed and re-hung,” with fresh editing and reordering by the author, to situate these now seminal works within her larger canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Abundance reminds us that Dillard’s brand of “novelized nonfiction” pioneered the form long before it came to be widely appreciated. Intense, vivid, and fearless, her work endows the true and seemingly ordinary aspects of life—a commuter chases snowball-throwing children through neighborhood streets, a teenager memorizes Rimbaud’s poetry—with beauty and irony, inviting readers onto sweeping landscapes, to join her in exploring the complexities of time and death, with a sense of humor: on one page, an eagle falls from the sky with a weasel attached to its throat; on another, a man walks into a bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminding us of the indelible contributions of this formative figure in contemporary nonfiction, The Abundance exquisitely showcases Annie Dillard’s enigmatic, enduring genius, as Dillard herself wishes it to be marked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis landmark collection delivers the essential Annie Dillard:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnflinching Nature Writing:\u003c\/b\u003e From a frog consumed by a water bug at Tinker Creek to an eagle locked in a death grip with a weasel, Dillard finds both terror and grace in the natural world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Problem of Pain:\u003c\/b\u003e Classic essays that confront the central question of a loving creator and a world of suffering, asking with unflinching honesty, \"What in the Sam Hill is going on here?\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMoments of the Sublime:\u003c\/b\u003e Witness a total solar eclipse that feels like the end of the world or a mockingbird’s impossible drop from a rooftop—moments of pure astonishment, rendered in unforgettable prose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Lyrical Memoir:\u003c\/b\u003e Revisit a Pittsburgh childhood through excerpts from \u003ci\u003eAn American Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, from the thrill of being chased for throwing a snowball to the mysteries of waking up to the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn recognition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection, including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through a page or sentence, Dillard can only be enjoyed by a wide-awake reader,” warns Geoff Dyer in his introduction to this stellar collection. Carefully culled from her past work, \u003cem\u003eThe Abundance\u003c\/em\u003e is quintessential Annie Dillard, delivered in her fierce and undeniably singular voice, filled with fascinating detail and metaphysical fact. The pieces within will exhilarate both admiring fans and a new generation of readers, having been “re-framed and re-hung,” with fresh editing and reordering by the author, to situate these now seminal works within her larger canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Abundance\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us that Dillard’s brand of “novelized nonfiction” pioneered the form long before it came to be widely appreciated. Intense, vivid, and fearless, her work endows the true and seemingly ordinary aspects of life—a commuter chases snowball-throwing children through neighborhood streets, a teenager memorizes Rimbaud’s poetry—with beauty and irony, inviting readers onto sweeping landscapes, to join her in exploring the complexities of time and death, with a sense of humor: on one page, an eagle falls from the sky with a weasel attached to its throat; on another, a man walks into a bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminding us of the indelible contributions of this formative figure in contemporary nonfiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Abundance\u003c\/em\u003e exquisitely showcases Annie Dillard’s enigmatic, enduring genius, as Dillard herself wishes it to be marked.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"A valedictory collection.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dillard is triumphantly awake, and these essays are magnificent and dramatic, illuminating and inspirational. Read them; they brim with abundance.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A heady selection... What a joy it is to take a walk with Dillard.... With stirring language and powerful intellect, Dillard shows us what it means to be alive.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What a gift.... Annie Dillard writes better sentences than just about anyone alive.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A solid introduction to a writer blessed with an all-consuming consciousness steeped in both faith and science.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888846565605,"sku":"NP9780062432971","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062432971.jpg?v=1730229944","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-abundance-narrative-essays-old-and-new-isbn-9780062432971","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}