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For the Time Being
By
David Birney (narrator) and
Annie Dillard
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Phoenix Audio
Publication date
March 1, 2002
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781590400241
ISBN-10
1590400240
Dimensions
1 by 4.25 by 6.75 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
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$25.00
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audio
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author comes an intensely personal narrative that explores the rich diversities of our world, ranging from a natural history of sand to the rise of Hasidic thought to the eternal questions of God, evil, individuality, and time. Read by David Birney.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: From Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer Prize -- winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and one of the most compelling writers of our time, comes For the Time Being, her most profound narrative to date. With her keen eye, penchant for paradox, and yearning for truth, Dillard renews our ability to discover wonder in life's smallest -- and often darkest -- corners.
Why do we exist? Where did we come from? How can one person matter? Dillard searches for answers in a powerful array of images: pictures of bird-headed dwarfs in the standard reference of human birth defects; ten thousand terra-cotta figures fashioned for a Chinese emperor in place of the human court that might have followed him into death; the paleontologist and theologian Teilhard de Chardin crossing the Gobi Desert; the dizzying variety of clouds. Vivid, eloquent, and haunting, For the Time Being evokes no less than the terrifying grandeur of all that remains tantalizingly and troublingly beyond our understanding.
Why do we exist? Where did we come from? How can one person matter? Dillard searches for answers in a powerful array of images: pictures of bird-headed dwarfs in the standard reference of human birth defects; ten thousand terra-cotta figures fashioned for a Chinese emperor in place of the human court that might have followed him into death; the paleontologist and theologian Teilhard de Chardin crossing the Gobi Desert; the dizzying variety of clouds. Vivid, eloquent, and haunting, For the Time Being evokes no less than the terrifying grandeur of all that remains tantalizingly and troublingly beyond our understanding.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from G K Hall & Co (July 1, 1999)
9780783886718 | details & prices | 208 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $27.95
About: Personal narratives by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author include scenes from a paleontologist's explorations in the deserts of China, the thinking of the Hasidic Jews of Eastern Europe, a natural history of sand, and human birth defects
About: Personal narratives by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author include scenes from a paleontologist's explorations in the deserts of China, the thinking of the Hasidic Jews of Eastern Europe, a natural history of sand, and human birth defects
1 edition from Alfred a Knopf Inc (March 1, 1999)
9780375403804 | details & prices | 205 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $22.00
About: Explores the rich diversities of our world, ranging from a natural history of sand to the rise of Hasidic thought to the eternal questions of God, evil, individuality, and time
About: Explores the rich diversities of our world, ranging from a natural history of sand to the rise of Hasidic thought to the eternal questions of God, evil, individuality, and time
Paperback
from Vintage Books (February 1, 2000)
9780375703478 | details & prices | 205 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Explores the rich diversities of our world, ranging from a natural history of sand to the rise of Hasidic thought to the eternal questions of God, evil, individuality, and time
About: Explores the rich diversities of our world, ranging from a natural history of sand to the rise of Hasidic thought to the eternal questions of God, evil, individuality, and time
Cassette/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
With David Birney (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Phoenix Audio (March 1, 2002)
9781590400241 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Explores the rich diversities of our world, ranging from a natural history of sand to the rise of Hasidic thought to the eternal questions of God, evil, individuality, and time.
About: Explores the rich diversities of our world, ranging from a natural history of sand to the rise of Hasidic thought to the eternal questions of God, evil, individuality, and time.
With David Birney (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Dove Entertainment Inc (March 1, 1999)
9780787119362 | details & prices | 4.00 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Explores the rich diversities of our world, ranging from a natural history of sand to the rise of Hasidic thought to the eternal questions of God, evil, individuality, and time.
About: Explores the rich diversities of our world, ranging from a natural history of sand to the rise of Hasidic thought to the eternal questions of God, evil, individuality, and time.
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