An Inside Passage

By Kurt Caswell

Book Overview

Although finding a way to feel at home in the world is ultimately the life's work of us all, rarely has the search ranged as far or found as precise and moving an expression as it does in An Inside Passage. Winner of the 2008 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize, Kurt Caswell's narrative chronicles his travels in the rugged mountain forests of Japan's Shiretoko National Park, on a vision quest in Death Valley, and to the sacred waters of the Ganges River. Whether contemplating a great blue heron as it rests riverside at the onset of a storm, reflecting on a beloved student's untimely death, walking through the Navajo reservation, or receiving the blessing of a Hindu priest, Caswell unerringly finds the moment of truth. His journey also takes us across the landscape of his marriage, both its initial sweetness and its eventual failure. The ensuing inner dislocation echoes a larger estrangement that makes more poignant Caswell's quest to find a place he can call home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803232144
• ISBN13: 9780803232143
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

An Inside Passage by Kurt Caswell

This is a wonderful book full of introspection. Written as a series of vignettes that travel the globe and the life of the author. Non-Fiction and a book that will make you think about life and how it ought to be lived.