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Small Wonder
Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
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Small Wonder
This essay collection brings to us out of one of history's darker moments an extended love song to the world we still have. The essays are grounded in the author's belief that our largest problems and their solutions have grown from the Earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards.
Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver is a collection of essays providing, in the voice Kingsolver's readers have come to rely on, a hopeful examination of the people we seem to be, in one of history's darker moments, and what we might yet make of ourselves.
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On my desk sits a beautiful engraving, published in another century, that promises me: "Out of the chaos the future emerges in harmony and beauty." Promises and prayers contain their own kinds of answer, as consecrated aspiration. I need this one now...
In her new essay collection, written in the aftermath of September 11th, the author of High Tide In Tucson and The Poisonwood Bible brings to us out of one of history's darker moments an extended love song to the world we still have.
From its opening parable gleaned from recent news about a lost child saved in an astonishing way, the book moves on to consider a world of surprising and hopeful prospects. These range from an inventive conservation scheme in a remote jungle to the backyard flock of chickens tended by the author's small daughter.
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Small Wonder features Barbara Kingsolver's eloquent writing style, which captivates readers with a blend of personal narrative and insights into broader societal issues. Her ability to draw connections between the intimate and the universal is praised, particularly in how she weaves botanical details into larger themes.
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ISBN: 9780571215775
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 June 2003
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 195.0mm
Weight: 225g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Barbara Kingsolver's thirteen books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction include the novels The Bean Trees and the international bestseller The Poisonwood Bible which, amongst other accolades, won the 2005 Penguin/Orange Reading Group Book of the Year award. Her most recent novel The Lacuna, won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2010.
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