This wide terraqueous world / Laird Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, Laird, author.

Standardized Title:

This wide terraqueous world (Compilation)

Language:

English

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

123 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Haunting essays from acclaimed author Laird Hunt balance intimate remembrance with an examination of the writing life. In this new collection of nonfiction from the celebrated author of Zorrie, Laird Hunt uses fiction as an inspiration, a tool, even an obsession, employing its methods to get to the heart of experience. The "sizzling" work of Jane Bowles colors his wanderings through Palermo, while a London museum trip provokes a consideration of taxidermy's storytelling potential, and fairytales blend with echoes of W. G. Sebald, Willa Cather, and László Krasznahorkai. From intrigue at the United Nations to a broken-down car in Nebraska, from the history of denim to the dangerous games of childhood, This Wide Terraqueous World leads readers down the winding paths of memory as Hunt examines his subjects in razor-sharp prose both eerily spare and richly evocative"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Tiger [Tiger] Tiger

UN Story

Giraffe Story

Half Moon (a provisional fiction)

Climb the Whale

This Wide Terraqueous World

God Bless Johnny Cash

Still Life with Snow and Hammer.

Other Format:

Online version: Hunt, Laird. This wide terraqueous world

ISBN:

9781566896672

1566896673

OCLC:

1315538098