Author: NORRIS, KATHLEEN
Title: Dakota: A Spiritual Geography
Description: Houghton Mifflin. 1993. (ISBN: 9780395710913). Paperback, 20.3 x 14 x 1.8 cm. Paperback in good condition, little signs of being read. 1993 Houghton Mifflin . Review - After 20 years of living in the "Great American Outback," as Newsweek magazine once designated the Dakotas, poet Kathleen Norris (The Cloister Walk) came to understand the fascinating ways that people become metaphors for the land they inhabit. When trying to understand the polarising contradictions that exist in the Dakotas between "hospitality and insularity, change and inertia, stability and instability .. between hope and despair, between open hearts and closed minds", Norris draws a map. "We are at the point of transition between east and west in the United States", she explains, "geographically and psychically isolated from either coast, and unlike either the Midwest or the desert west". Like Terry Tempest Williams (Refuge), Norris understands how the boundary between inner and outer scenery begins to blur when one is fully present in the landscape of their lives. As a result, she offers the geography lesson we all longed for in school. This is a poetic, noble and often funny (such as her discussion on the foreign concept of tofu) tribute to Dakota, including its Native Americans, Benedictine monks, ministers and church-goers, wind-weathered farmers, and all its plain folks who live such complicated and simple lives. Synopsis A celebrated poet transports readers to the heart of the Great Plains, examining her heritage, religion, language, and the land itself, revealing the contradictions of small-town life on the Great Plains. - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Excess postage may be required for books over 1 kg in weight outside the EU. ISBN 0-395-71091-X 039571091X. Used: Acceptable.

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