Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters
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Here, in this compelling assembly of writings, Pulitzer Prize-winning leader Annie Dillard explores the world of natural facts and human meanings.
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Tis is some of the worst prose i’ve ever tried to read. It reminds me of persons ancient Dick and Jane primers in which everything is repeated. Every paragraph could have been condensed effectively into a single sentence. I struggled to end the first essay but then gave up. It didn’t seem to be going anywhere. Sorry I wasted my penny on it.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Poetry is poetry and prose is prose. In my opinion, the extent to which they are mixed is the extent to which the quality of each, with some exceptions, deteriorates. The problem I have with Dillard’s writing is that she so freely mixes the two that one is left with either pretty, but obscure prose or overly structured narrative poetry. The problem isn’t that Dillard is a poor writer, its rather that she doesn’t have a clear vision of what her cunning constructions mean. The book is all wings and no roots. It ends up being an excersise in sophistry that, one feels, sweeps the leader along in its grand illusions as readily as it does the sensitive reader. I nearly feel guilty pointing out the emptiness of it all.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I am a co-leader of our church’s book club, and appreciate the speed with which you
delivered the collection of Annie Dillard’s essays. I already knew about book and
leader and my primary goal was to get a copy promptly, which you provided.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I thought that the fleeting tales/essays were time well spent, and they gave insight to many places that we don’t usually reflect about. At first, my attention was somewhere else, but after I read a couple of pages, I was drawn into the tales. I especially loved The Deer at Providencia.
-Chris Siarkiewicz 1st Hour AP English March 12th, 1999 Mr. Wolbrink
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
If you know Annie Dillard then you know her stunning essay “Total Eclipse.” This is the book that contains that breathtaking work of art. Read this as your introduction to Dillard. And by all means, if you do know Dillard’s stuff already but haven’t read this book…well, what’s the problem?!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5