Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By: Annie Dillard
Series: Bantan books : non-fiction
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780553126358
Copyright date: 1974
Subjects: Nature
Description: What is the true nature of Nature? Is it a harmonious, interconnected system, operating according to the principles of co-dependence and benevolence? Or is it red in tooth and claw, an unfeeling, unthinking force, in which the individual is overwhelmed and subsumed to serve a larger purpose, one mysterious and obscure? This is what this volume is all about: an exploration into the nature of Nature, an attempt to discover the true character of the natural world around us. Appropriately, it is neither a rapturous celebration of Nature, nor a grim survey of its various cruelties. Rather, like Nature itself, it is something in between, and something quite beautiful. It is a collection of related essays recounting the author's thoughts on Nature as she observes the ecological happenings of the eponymous Tinker Creek in Virginia's Blue Ridge valley for a period of several years.