One long river of song : notes on wonder
Doyle, Brian, 1956 November 6-2017 May 272020
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When Brian Doyle died of brain cancer at the age of 60, he left behind dozens of books - fiction and non-fiction, as well as hundreds of essays - and a cult-like following who regarded his writing on spirituality as one of the best-kept secrets of the 21st century. Though Doyle occasionally wrote about Catholic spirituality, his writing is more broadly about the religion of everyday things. He writes with a delightful sense of wonder about the holiness of small things, and about love in all its forms: spiritual love, brotherly love, romantic love, friendly love, love of nature, and even the love of a nine-foot sturgeon. At a time when our world feels darker than ever, Doyle's essays are a balm for the tired soul. He finds beauty in the quotidian: the awe of a child the first time she hears a river, the whiskers a grieving widow misses seeing in her sink every day - but through his eyes, nothing is ordinary.
Main title:
One long river of song : notes on wonder / Brian Doyle ; introduction by David James Duncan.
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Imprint:
New York : Back Bay Books, 2020.
Collation:
272 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780316492881 (pbk)
Dewey class:
818.609
Language:
English
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BRN:
3022512