The Winter Sun: Notes on a Vacation by Fanny Howe (English) Paperback Book

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Beautiful essays by Fanny Howe, a poet praised for her "private quest through the metaphysical universe . . . the results are startling and honest" ("The New York Times Book Review") Fanny Howe's richly contemplative "The Winter Sun "is a collection of essays on childhood, language, and meaning by one of America's most original contemporary poets. Through a collage of reflections on people, places, and times that have been part of her life, Howe shows the origins and requirements of "a vocation that has no name." She finds proof of this in the lives of others--Jacques Lusseyran, who, though blind, wrote about his inner vision, surviving inside a concentration camp during World War II; the Scottish nun Sara Grant and Abbe Dubois, both of whom lived extensively in India where their vocation led them; the English novelists Antonia White and Emily Bronte; and the fifth-century philosopher and poet Bharthari. With interludes referring to her own place and situation, Howe makes this book into a Progress rather than a memoir. "The Winter Sun "displays the same power as found in her highly praised collection of essays, "The Wedding Dress," a book described by James Carroll as an "unflinching but exhilarating look at real religion, the American desolation, a woman's life, and, always, the redemption of literature."

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Fanny Howe's richly contemplative The Winter Sun is a collection of essays on childhood, language and meaning by one of America's most original contemporary poets. Through a collage of reflections on people, places and times that have been part of her life, she shows the origins and requirements of a vocation that has no name'. She finds proof of this in the lives of others - including Jacques Lusseyran, Scottish nun Sara Grant, Abbe Dubois, Antonia White and Emily Bronte.'

Author Biography

FANNY HOWE is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and prose. She has won a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation and an award from the Academy of Arts and Letters.

Details ISBN1555975208 Author Fanny Howe Short Title WINTER SUN Pages 196 Language English ISBN-10 1555975208 ISBN-13 9781555975203 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Residence US Imprint Graywolf Press,U.S. Place of Publication MN Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2009-06-11 NZ Release Date 2009-06-11 UK Release Date 2009-06-11 Publisher Graywolf Press,U.S. Subtitle Notes on a Vacation DEWEY 811.54 Audience General Publication Date 2009-03-03 US Release Date 2009-03-03 We've got this

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