What Are People For?: Essays Paperback - 2010

Name: What Are People For?
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Author: Berry, Wendell,
ISBN: 9781582434872

by Wendell Berry

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Whether suggesting standards for technical innovation or pointing to the ruinous effects of what has become everyday practice, Berry speaks bravely against thoughtlessness, measuring every word as he leads the way toward balancing our currently out-of-kilter society.

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From the publisher

In the twenty-two essays collected here, Wendell Berry, whom The Christian Science Monitor called "the prophetic American voice of our day," conveys a deep concern for the American economic system and the gluttony of consumerism

Wendell Berry identifies himself as both "a farmer of sorts and an artist of sorts," which he deftly illustrates in the scope of these essays. Ranging from America's insatiable consumerism and household economies, to literary subjects and America's attitude toward waste, Berry gracefully navigates from one topic to the next, discussing the ills plaguing America and the growing gap between people and the land. Despite the somber nature of these writings, his inimitable voice and prose provide an underlying sense of faith and hope.

Framing his reflections with poetic responsibility, and standing up as a firm believer in the power of the human race, Berry encourages all of us to not only to fix our past mistakes but to build on Earth a sustainable future for all.

Details

Title What Are People For?: Essays
Author Wendell Berry
Binding Paperback
Edition Second Edition
Pages 224
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Counterpoint LLC, Berkeley, California
Publication date 2010-05-25
Features Table of Contents
ISBN 9781582434872 / 1582434875
Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
Dimensions 8 x 5.06 x 0.64 in (20.32 x 12.85 x 1.63 cm)
Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
Library of Congress subjects American essays
Dewey Decimal Code 081

About the author

WENDELL BERRY, an essayist, novelist, and poet, has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among other distinctions. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. Berry lives with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.