{"product_id":"for-the-time-being-annie-dillard-paperback","title":"For the Time Being -- Annie Dillard, Paperback","description":"National Bestseller \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully written and delightfully strange...as earthy as it is sublime...in the truest sense, an eye-opener. --\u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cb\u003ePilgrim at Tinker Creek\u003c\/b\u003e and one of the most compelling writers of our time, comes \u003cb\u003eFor the Time Being\u003c\/b\u003e, her most profound narrative to date. With her keen eye, penchant for paradox, and yearning for truth, Dillard renews our ability to discover wonder in life's smallest--and often darkest--corners. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy do we exist? Where did we come from? How can one person matter? Dillard searches for answers in a powerful array of images: pictures of bird-headed dwarfs in the standard reference of human birth defects; ten thousand terra-cotta figures fashioned for a Chinese emperor in place of the human court that might have followed him into death; the paleontologist and theologian Teilhard de Chardin crossing the Gobi Desert; the dizzying variety of clouds. Vivid, eloquent, haunting, \u003cb\u003eFor the Time Being\u003c\/b\u003e evokes no less than the terrifying grandeur of all that remains tantalizingly and troublingly beyond our understanding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStimulating, humbling, original--.  Dillard] illuminate s] the human perspective of the world, past, present and future, and the individual's relatively inconsequential but ever so unique place in it.--\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annie Dillard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375703478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/05\/2000 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2010 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnie Dillard lives in Middletown, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annie Dillard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67567827484900,"sku":"9780375703478","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780375703478.jpg?v=1791965081","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/for-the-time-being-annie-dillard-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}