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About This Life

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099546153

  • Length: 275  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 203g

  • RRP: £9.99

About This Life

Once, when asked for advice on how to become a writer, Lopez found himself replying: "Read. Find out what you truly believe. Get away from the familiar." This collection of essays stems directly from that philosophy. Here is far-flung travel (the beauty of remote Hokkaido Island, the over-explored Galápagos, enigmatic Bonaire); a naturalist's concerns (for endangered communities as well as their land) and pure adventure. Here, too, are seven exquisite memory pieces; beautiful, meditative recollections that will stand as classic examples of the personal essay.

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099546153

  • Length: 275  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 203g

  • RRP: £9.99

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About the Author

Barry Lopez

Barry Lopez is the author of two collections of essays; several story collections; Arctic Dreams, for which he received the National Book Award; Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist, and Crow and Weasel, a novella-length fable. He contributes regularly to both American and foreign journals and has travelled to more than 70 countries to conduct research. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim, Lannan, and National Science Foundations and has been honoured by a number of institutions for his literary, humanitarian, and environmental work.

Barry Lopez

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