**"Berry richly evokes Port William's farmlands and hamlets, and his characters are fiercely individual, yet mutually protective in everything they do. . . . His sentences are exquisitely constructed, suggesting the cyclic rhythms of his agrarian world." β*New York Times Book Review*** Reissued a
Fidelity five stories
β Scribed by Berry, Wendell
- Book ID
- 100542207
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Edition
- First Counterpoint edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Berkeley, California
- ISBN
- 1640090762
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β¦ Synopsis
"Berry richly evokes Port William's farmlands and hamlets, and his characters are fiercely individual, yet mutually protective in everything they do. . . . His sentences are exquisitely constructed, suggesting the cyclic rhythms of his agrarian world." βNew York Times Book Review
Reissued as part of Counterpoint's celebration of beloved American author Wendell Berry, the five stories in Fidelity return readers to Berry's fictional town of Port William, Kentucky, and the familiar characters who form a tight-knit community within.
"Each of these elegant stories spans the twentieth century and reveals the profound interconnectedness of the farmers and their families to one another, to their past and to the landscape they inhabit." βThe San Francisco Chronicle
"Visionary . . . rooted in a deep concern for nature and the land, . . . [these stories are] tough, relentless and clear. In a roundabout way they are confrontational...
Number of Words in Auth: 2
Formats : EPUB
Number of Formats : 1
Has Cover : Yes
Single Author : Wendell Berry
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Sorted Author by LN, FN: Berry, Wendell
Title Length : 008
Title Parm D : Fidelity
Title Parm G : Fidelity
Title Parm A : Fidelity
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ES Lib Name : NIRC 2018-10
Record ID : 3199
Uncomma Author : Wendell Berry
Num of Aut : 1
β¦ Subjects
Fiction
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