A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural

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“This book is broad and leisurely and important. Something like the river itself on which Wendell Berry lives. It is full of wide and flowing thoughts and one thing leads to another in the manner that nature intended―or used to. The language ranges from the grave and beautiful to the sharp and specific, depending on the need to express the vast variety of subjects he presents.” —The Nation
The title of this book is taken from an account by Thomas F. Hornbein on his travels in the Himalayas. “It seemed to me,” Horenbein wrote, “that here man lived in continuous harmony with the land, as much as briefly a part of it as all its other occupants.” Wendell Berry’s second collection of essays, A Continuous Harmony was first published in 1972, and includes the seminal “Think Little,” which was printed in The Last Whole Earth Catalogue and reprinted around the globe, and the splendid centerpiece, “Discipline and Hope,” an insightful and articulate essay making a case for what he calls “a new middle.”
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Counterpoint
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 8, 2012
Edition ‏ : ‎ 2012th
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1619020009
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1619020009
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.04 x 0.55 x 7.99 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #147,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #257 in Nature Writing & Essays #302 in Sustainable Living #644 in Essays (Books)
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