The Solace Of Open Spaces

The solace of open spaces is a 1985 memoir by the american author filmmaker and poet gretel ehrlich.

The solace of open spaces. Gretl the lesson plans. She began writing the book in 1979 originally. Email address subscribe tweet.

In the solace of open spaces she writes about coming to terms with the death of the man she loves about her life in wyoming and about what it means to live in wide spaces and interact primarily with animals. The solace of open spaces by gretel erlich is a collection of a dozen loosely connected chapters about the author s experiences living and working amid wyoming s vast open spaces. Amazon barnes noble get weekly book recommendations.

Customers who bought this item also bought. She lives in wyoming. The solace of open spaces by gretel ehrlich for a moment i could believe that the stars which were still visible work like cooper s bands holding together everything above wyoming.

The solace of open spaces is a 1986 collection of twelve short essays written by american travel writer poet essayist and filmmaker gretel ehrlich. An auspicious beginning for a writer sure to be reckoned with. The solace of open spaces is a chronicle of her first years on the planet of wyoming a personal journey into a place a feeling and a way of life.

The author has been fairly compared to annie dillard and thoreau and at times her use of prose is pure poetry. Although this tradition is profoundly male epitomized by the works of well known writers such. The book was written in 1985 and still feels current.

The solace of open spaces fits into a literary tradition that is often referred to as nature writing. The solace of open spaces by gretel ehrlich is a work of non fiction. According to the author the book actually began as a series of rough edged journal entries sent by ehrlich to a friend in hawaii.