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An Elemental Thing

Eliot Weinberger
4.26/5 (835 ratings)
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With An Elemental Thing, Weinberger turns from his celebrated political chronicles to the timelessness of the subjects of his literary essays. With the wisdom of a literary archaeologist-astronomer-anthropologist-zookeeper, he leads us through histories, fables, and meditations about the ten thousand things in the universe: the wind and the rhinoceros, Catholic saints and people named Chang, the Mandaeans on the Iran-Iraq border and the Kaluli in the mountains of New Guinea. Among the thirty-five essays included are a poetic biography of the prophet Muhammad, which was praised by the London Times for its "great beauty and grace," and "The Stars," a reverie on what's up there that has already been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, and Maori.
Format:
Pages:
194 pages
Publication:
2007
Publisher:
Edition:
1st Edition, First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0811216942
ISBN13:
9780811216944
kindle Asin:
B00I9AUAXK

An Elemental Thing

Eliot Weinberger
4.26/5 (835 ratings)
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With An Elemental Thing, Weinberger turns from his celebrated political chronicles to the timelessness of the subjects of his literary essays. With the wisdom of a literary archaeologist-astronomer-anthropologist-zookeeper, he leads us through histories, fables, and meditations about the ten thousand things in the universe: the wind and the rhinoceros, Catholic saints and people named Chang, the Mandaeans on the Iran-Iraq border and the Kaluli in the mountains of New Guinea. Among the thirty-five essays included are a poetic biography of the prophet Muhammad, which was praised by the London Times for its "great beauty and grace," and "The Stars," a reverie on what's up there that has already been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, and Maori.
Format:
Pages:
194 pages
Publication:
2007
Publisher:
Edition:
1st Edition, First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0811216942
ISBN13:
9780811216944
kindle Asin:
B00I9AUAXK

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