Fire and Stone - Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (Paperback)

The questions that drive Priscilla Long's Fire and Stone are the questions asked by the painter Paul Gauguin in the title of his 1897 painting: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? These questions look beyond every- day trivialities to ponder the essence of our origins. Using her own story as a touchstone, Long explores our human roots and how they shape who we are today. Her personal history encompasses childhood as an identical twin on a dairy farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; the turmoil, social change, and music of the 1960s; the suicide of a sister; and a life in art in the Paci c Northwest. Here, memoir extends the threads of the writer's individual and very personal life to science, to history, and to ancestors, both literary and genetic, back to the Neanderthals. Long uses profoundly poetic personal essays to draw larger connections and to ask compelling questions about identity. Framed by four distinctive sections, Fire and Stone transcends genre and evolves into a sweeping elegy on what it means to be human.

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction
Release date:	October 2016
Series editors:	John Griswold
Authors:	Priscilla Long
Contributors:	Philip Graham
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	156
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-5044-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	0-8203-5044-3
Barcode:	9780820350448

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!