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Songs of the Fluteplayer (Paperback)
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Songs of the Fluteplayer (Paperback)
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List price R390
Loot Price R339
Discovery Miles 3 390
You Save R51 (13%)
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Filled with "honest" writing and "wise" observations, "Russell's
well-written essays describe her life as an urban immigrant to the
rural Southwest" (Library Journal). In 1981, newlywed Sharman Apt
Russell moved with her husband to an agricultural valley in
southwestern New Mexico, hoping to create a simpler life. From
building their adobe house to the home-birth of their firstborn to
growing their own food and navigating the seasonal flooding of the
Mimbres River, these luminous essays chart Sharman's journey toward
self-sufficiency in a land as mythical and remote as the image of
the prehistoric fluteplayer found on the pottery in trading posts
throughout the Southwest. Replete with wisdom and a reverence for
the Native American people whose relics Sharman discovers
everywhere on the land around her, this award-winning memoir pays
tribute to the power and grace of nature, our deep connection to
our prehistoric past, and the beauty of living in communion with
the land. "A fine contribution to the literature of the modern
American Southwest . . . [Russell] achieves just the right mix of
fact and metaphor, humor and poetics." --Booklist "These essays say
much about the difficulty of maintaining an alternate lifestyle."
--Publishers Weekly "A lovely little book. To be kept and read and
read again." --Tony Hillerman, bestselling author
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