Another kind of autumn

Format:

Book

Title:

Another kind of autumn

Author:

Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977, author.

ISBN:

9780684151380

Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1977]

Physical Description:

95 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

The Immense Journey -- Darwin's Century -- The Firmament of Time -- The Unexpected Universe -- The Invisible Pyramid -- The Night Country -- Notes of an Alchemist -- The Man Who Saw Through Time -- The Innocent Assassins -- All the Strange Hours.

Summary:

New poems by the distinguished anthropologist, naturalist, and poet reaffirm the unity of Creation, the importance of all living beings, and the wonders of ancient civilizations.

Subject(s):

Poetry.

Genre:

poetry.

Added Author:

Ferro, Walter

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

Loren Eiseley has died, and apparently his last legacy lies in this book of poems. Saddened by his death, his admirers will be pleased by the Stoic spirit with which he faced it. The themes of his lifework were constant and reappear here: an attempt to empathize with earlier forms of life, a sympathy with all human attempts to understand mysteries, and a perverse affection for the crabbed, ambitious, self-defeating human race. ""So did the ancient Egyptians/like all men everywhere/ elbow for place."" Time is the enemy. As he has an aboriginal speaker say: ""Why could life not have gone on forever in the autumn country?/Why did those others who came with sails/through the Barrier Reef/have to awaken time and destroy the world/the unseen necessary balance?/Why? Why?"" . . . One wonders if an editor would consider publishing these formless pastorals if they came anonymously to his desk. Man cannot, of course, think like a cloud, or a lungfish, or a mastodon, or even a modern fox. It is this contradiction that lies at the heart of all Eiseley's writings. In stretching our imaginations, he almost solves the paradox--and brings the sympathetic reader a long way with him on the journey. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.