{"product_id":"a-continuous-harmony-essays-cultural-and-agricultural-paperback","title":"A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendell Berry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book is broad and leisurely and important. Something like the river itself on which Wendell Berry lives. It is full of wide and flowing thoughts and one thing leads to another in the manner that nature intended―or used to. The language ranges from the grave and beautiful to the sharp and specific, depending on the need to express the vast variety of subjects he presents.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title of this book is taken from an account by Thomas F. Hornbein on his travels in the Himalayas. \"\"It seemed to me,\"\" Horenbein wrote, \"\"that here man lived in continuous harmony with the land, as much as briefly a part of it as all its other occupants.\"\" Wendell Berry's second collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eA Continuous Harmony\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1972, and includes the seminal \"\"Think Little,\"\" which was printed in \u003ci\u003eThe Last Whole Earth Catalogue\u003c\/i\u003e and reprinted around the globe, and the splendid centerpiece, \"\"Discipline and Hope,\"\" an insightful and articulate essay making a case for what he calls \"\"a new middle.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWendell Berry\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 08, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42166384328839,"sku":"9781619020009","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4ebcb11ffe3f37562c75f04e73c8c65e.webp?v=1733320496","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-continuous-harmony-essays-cultural-and-agricultural-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}