| Descript |
xx, 215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes an illustration by the author on page 154 |
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Writer of introduction taken from dust jacket |
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Introduction / by Karen Joy Fowler -- A note at the beginning -- Part one. Going over eighty. In your spare time ; The sissy strikes back ; The diminished thing ; Catching up, ha ha -- The Annals of Pard. Choosing a cat ; Chosen by a cat -- Part two. The lit biz. Would you please fucking stop? ; Readers' questions ; Kids' letters ; Having my cake ; Papa H ; A much-needed literary award ; TGAN and TGOW ; TGAN again ; The narrative gift as a moral conundrum ; It doesn't have to be the way it is ; Utopiyin, utopiyang -- The Annals of Pard. The trouble ; Pard and the time machine -- Part three. Trying to make sense of it. A band of brothers, a stream of sisters ; Exorcists ; Uniforms ; Clinging desperately to a metaphor ; Lying it all away ; The inner child and the nude politician ; A modest proposal: vegempathy ; Belief in belief ; About anger -- The Annals of Pard. An unfinished education ; An unfinished education, continued ; Doggerel for my cat -- Part four. Rewards. The circling stars, the sea surrounding: Philip Glass and John Luther Adams ; Rehearsal ; Someone named Delores ; Without egg ; Notre-Dame de la Faim ; The tree ; The horsies upstairs ; First contact ; The lynx ; Notes from a week at a ranch in the Oregon high desert |
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"From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation"-- Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Aging
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Old age
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Literature
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Åldrande
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Litteratur
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United States -- Civilization
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Förenta staterna
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Essays.
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Essäer
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| Classmark |
814/.54
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Geq.04
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| Alt Auth |
Fowler, Karen Joy, writer of introduction
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| Translation |
Essays. Selections
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781328661593 hardcover |
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1328661598 hardcover |
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