The Country of Language

by Scott Russell Sanders

Book Overview

"Simple, elegant, and enduring." --KIRKUS

In The Country of Language, Sanders recalls the stories and experiences that have guided him as a writer, and speaks on behalf of a life rooted in the commonplace, in what is becoming paradoxically rare: a sense of "at-homeness" in the natural world. Emerging from his work is the conviction that moments of interaction with the nonhuman worldwhether one is transfixed in a silent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571312307
• ISBN13: 9781571312303
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"