A Faithful Existence: Reading, Memory, and Transcendence

by Forrest Gander

A Faithful Existence is a thrilling, lyrical exploration of what it means to be faithful in the act of translation, in scientific and spiritual inquiry, in philosophies of perception, in friendship, and in poetry. Sensual, erudite, and operatic in scope, these essays pay homage to the landscape of the American South, to snapping turtles and anti-particles, to iconoclastic physicists and writers from various countries and epochs, to visionary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159376071X
• ISBN13: 9781593760717
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"