Arctic Dreams
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- ISBN13: 9780375727481
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Barry Lopez’s National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his masterpiece.
Lopez offers a thorough examination of this obscure world-its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy shores. But what turns this marvelous work of natural history into a breathtaking study of profound inventiveness is his unique meditation on how the landscape can shape our imagination, desires, and dreams. Its prose as hauntingly pure as the land it describes, Arctic Dreams is nothing less than an quick classic of modern literature.
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Based on 15 extended trips to the Canadian far north over a five-year period, Arctic Dreams celebrates the mysteries of what documentarians caringly call “last frontiers.” Such places are everywhere in danger of destruction in the interest of ever-elusive economic progress, but Lopez writes no jeremiads. As a replacement for, he aims to foster a kind of learned understanding of wild places, in this case the vast, scarcely knowable northern landscape. Writing of the natural history of the Arctic and its inhabitants–narwhals, polar bears, beluga whales, musk oxen, and caribou among them–Lopez draws powerful lessons from the land and imparts them assuredly and kindly. Arctic Dreams deservedly won a National Book Award in 1986 when it was first published.
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is Lopez’s denial (by neglect) of the work of Gontran De Poncins, the last competent observer of the Eskimo.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I would, sincerely, rather scrape linoleum tile off of a concrete slab than read any more Barry Lopez.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I have read copious book on the Arctic, and this one, by far, is the worst. The reviews I’d read spoke of this sparking a like for the Arctic and inspiring them to learn more about the beauty of the Artic. I’d have to say I can’t imagine how they got that. I could barely keep my eyes open trying to read this. The mind-numbing detail with which Lopez describes the latitudinal changes of light and soils and such is simply overbearing and excessive. This book inspired me only to place it down and read something else.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
when i ordered arctic dreams i thought it would include the european arctic. i am going to svalbard this summer. so it doesn’t meet my needs. but, i plot to eventually read it as it talks about additional arctic adventures.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Barry Lopez’s Arctic Dreams is a fascinating, poetic trip through the Arctic landscape, its people and sturdy animals. I loved reading this book from the comfort of my armchair.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5