Arctic Dreams
jul 2024 · Distribuido por Simon and Schuster
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Winner of the National Book Award
“Lopez is...the most important living writer about wilderness...[Arctic Dreams is] his masterpiece.” —The Guardian
This iconic, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing.
The Arctic, with its theaters of floating crystal and frozen seas, is an emblem of the world’s disappearing landscapes. It is a perilous place of dayless winters and nightless summers, of icy tundra stretching to the horizon, and blood-soaked snow after a walrus hunt. But the Far North also teems with life, beauty, and joy—and its indelible imprint on our minds remains thanks, in part, to Arctic Dreams.
In this masterpiece, winner of the National Book Award, Lopez writes with devotion and humility about this formidable, austere land. Arctic Dreams is as much an epic hymn as a travelogue, and this modern classic teaches us about this world of musk oxen and narwhals; strangely stunted forests and mesmerizing aurora borealis; and the Indigenous peoples who have lived there for millennia—all while documenting Lopez’s profound awe at its glittering and strange landscape.
Written in prose as pristine as the world it describes, Arctic Dreams is a meditation on the ability of the landscape to shape our dreams and haunt our imaginations. As we travel alongside Lopez, we come to share his “allegiance with the mystery of life.”
“Lopez is...the most important living writer about wilderness...[Arctic Dreams is] his masterpiece.” —The Guardian
This iconic, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing.
The Arctic, with its theaters of floating crystal and frozen seas, is an emblem of the world’s disappearing landscapes. It is a perilous place of dayless winters and nightless summers, of icy tundra stretching to the horizon, and blood-soaked snow after a walrus hunt. But the Far North also teems with life, beauty, and joy—and its indelible imprint on our minds remains thanks, in part, to Arctic Dreams.
In this masterpiece, winner of the National Book Award, Lopez writes with devotion and humility about this formidable, austere land. Arctic Dreams is as much an epic hymn as a travelogue, and this modern classic teaches us about this world of musk oxen and narwhals; strangely stunted forests and mesmerizing aurora borealis; and the Indigenous peoples who have lived there for millennia—all while documenting Lopez’s profound awe at its glittering and strange landscape.
Written in prose as pristine as the world it describes, Arctic Dreams is a meditation on the ability of the landscape to shape our dreams and haunt our imaginations. As we travel alongside Lopez, we come to share his “allegiance with the mystery of life.”
Winner of the National Book Award
“Lopez is...the most important living writer about wilderness...[Arctic Dreams is] his masterpiece.” —The Guardian
This iconic, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing.
The Arctic, with its ...
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Barry Lopez (1945–2020) was the author of three collections of essays, including Horizon; several story collections; Arctic Dreams, for which he received the National Book Award; Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist; and Crow and Weasel, a novella-length fable. He contributed regularly to both American and foreign journals and traveled to more than seventy countries to conduct research. He was the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim, Lannan, and National Science Foundations and was honored by a number of institutions for his literary, humanitarian, and environmental work.
Barry Lopez (1945–2020) was the author of three collections of essays, including Horizon; several story collections; Arctic Dreams, for which he received the National Book Award; Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist; and Crow and Weasel, a novella-length fable. He contributed regular...
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