The Abundance

Annie Dillard has spent a lifetime examining the world around her with eyes wide open drinking in all things intensely and relentlessly. Whether observing a sublime lunar eclipse or a moth consumed in a candle flame the trembling of lily pads on a pond or hundreds of red-winged blackbirds taking flight Dillard's awe at the fragility of the natural world rejuvenates and inspires pleasure and heartache. Precise in language and deeply meditative in spirit this is a landmark collection from one of America's masters.