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Winter Solstice - An Essay
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Winter Solstice - An Essay
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A celebration and meditation on the season for drinking hot
chocolate, spotting a wreath on a neighbor’s door, experiencing
the change in light of shorter days. All aspects of Winter, from
the meteorological to the mythological, are captured in this
masterful essay, told in wise and luminous prose that pushes back
the dark. Winter begins with the shortest day of the year before
nightfall. As in her companion volume, Summer Solstice, the author
meditates on both the dark and the light and what this season means
in our lives. “Winter tells us,” Nina MacLaughlin says, “more
than petaled spring, or hot-grassed summer, or fall with its yellow
leaves, that we are mortal. In the frankness of its cold, in the
mystery of its deep-blue dark, the place in us that knows of death
is tickled, focused, stoked. The angels sing on the doorknobs and
others sing from the abyss. The sun has been in retreat since June,
and the heat inside glows brighter in proportion to its absence. We
make up for the lost light in the spark that burns inside us.” If
Winter is a time you love for its memories and traditions, if you
love writing that takes your breath away with lyrical leaps across
time and space, Winter Solstice is an unforgettable book you’ll
cherish.
General
Imprint: |
Black Sparrow Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
Nina Maclaughlin
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Dimensions: |
190 x 120mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
104 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-57423-257-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-57423-257-6 |
Barcode: |
9781574232578 |
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