Archives of Joy (eBook)

Reflections on Animals and the Nature of Being

Jean-Francois Beauchemin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
160 Seiten
Greystone Books (Verlag)
978-1-77164-933-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Beauchemin discovers again and again that happiness is a function of the connection between beingsthe nonhuman animals as well as the human.Maria Popova, A Favorite Book of 2023For readers of Ross Gays The Book of Delights comes a joyful, tender memoir of encounters with animals and their potential to transform our lives through joy.Two mismatched ducks quarrel amorously. A tortoise basks on a rock in the sun. Four deer ceremoniously visit a writers garden to announce the arrival of a newborn fawn. In Archives of Joy, renowned poet, essayist, and novelist Jean-Franois Beauchemin turns his poetic and playful gaze to memories of animals he has known throughout his life, from fleeting encounters to deep relationships. With each meeting, Beauchemin returns to a simple thought: that joy in nature is an essential counterweight to the inescapable awareness of the brevity of life.In short, humorous, and often dreamlike vignettes, Beauchemin meditates on the mysteries of existence, the alchemy of memory, and the entwinement of the animal world with our ownwhether hes nursing an injured bird back to health, deciphering the gaze of a judgmental cat, or keeping company with a workhorse nearing its death.His life as a writer and his beloved pet dogs and cats feature often, as do the creatures he encounters in his garden, at farms, or on woodland walks: sparrows, crows, deer, foxes, horses, and cows. Deeply restorative, imaginative, and dreamily poetic, Archives of Joy is a memoir that will stay with readers long after its final page.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.5.2023
• Übersetzer: David Warriner
• Zusatzinfo: B&W Illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Schlagworte: Ada Limon • animals • An Immense World • Annie Dillard • A Thousand Mornings • devotions • dog songs • H is for Hawk • mary oliver • Nature • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek • ross gay • susan orlean • Sy Montgomery • the book of delights • the hurting kind • The Lost Words • The Soul of an Octopus • upstream • world of wonders
• ISBN-10: 1-77164-933-X / 177164933X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77164-933-9 / 9781771649339