Secrets of the Universe: Essays on Family, Community, Spirit, and Place

Scott Russell Sanders

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Publication Date: October 31st, 1992

Publisher:

Beacon Press

ISBN:

9780807063316

Pages:

272

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Description

Ranging from an autobiographical tour-de-force that describes a childhood spent with an alcoholic father to "Looking at Women," a reflection on male yearning and confusion, to a look at the place—or absence—of nature in recent American fiction.

About the Author

For his personal nonfiction, Scott Russell Sanders has won the Lannan Literary Award and the Great Lakes Book Award. His books include The Paradise of Bombs, Secrets of the Universe, and Staying Put. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Praise for Secrets of the Universe: Essays on Family, Community, Spirit, and Place

Sanders looks for and often finds universal truths in the particulars of everyday life. . . . A marvelous celebration of the small and large mysteries of life. —Kirkus Reviews