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Title: Small Wonder : Essays by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0060504080 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.89
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding reflections from a gifted author
Comment: I have read all of BK's books and short stories. I was excited to read personal essays from an author I so admire. Her essays are beautifully written. She speaks her mind and she discusses topics that are critical in our nation. After reading many of the reviews here it is clear that many Americans can not handle critical analysis of their nation and of their culture. If BK's essays make you feel guilty or unsure of yourself or even defensive....GOOD.....she was effective in making you think. That appears to be missing from a large segment of the American populace. Her essays require you to think. You may not agree but you do need to think. BK is not just standing on a soap box but calling out the American people to THINK and CRITICALLY ponder you day-to-day life. A mark of a good author or essayist is one who makes you think and leaves you thinking or leaves you with strong emotion. Clearly BK is successful at her craft considering the various reviews on this site.
I was moved by BK's essays. She gave me impetus to think about aspects of our society that i had not thought about for a few weeks. I found the critical views of our current governmental regime to be refreshing. She may be a quiet voice in our current political and social climate but voices carry and as more voices join hers we can have a choir singing out the praises and injustices of the current American Republic.
Give yourself an opportunity to expand your mind and clarify your views....buy this book. Enjoy this book. Think about this book. You will be happy you did.
Rating: 5
Summary: Life Changing...
Comment: I read 'Small Wonder' while on vacation last month and it was life changing. Reading this collection of personal stories has sparked my interest in being a better citizen - something I'm ashamed I never thought about in much depth before. Now I find myself reading about politics, hoping to inform myself enough to make an educated vote for our country's future leaders. And this book has inspired me in countless other ways. I want to introduce 'Small Wonder' to everyone I know, and I hope that they find it to be as amazing and poignant as I do.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thoughtful and lyrical
Comment: Small Wonder is packed with information about biology, the destruction of our planet, man's inhumanity to Man, philosophy - and only occasionally does the reader feel she's being given a lecture. Most of the message comes in 'story,' a kinder and gentler way to impart knowledge.
The title essay has received mixed reviews, dealing as it does with Sept. 11. I found it a beautifully crafted piece of writing, with the information proceeding in a snail-like coil of images and stories that pulled me into its spell.
Small Wonder is a book to buy, to treasure, and to share.
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Title: High Tide in Tucson : Essays from Now or Never by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0060927569 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Homeland by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0060917016 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: April, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Prodigal Summer: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0060959037 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 16 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Another America / Otra América by Barbara Kingsolver, Rebeca Cartes ISBN: 1580050042 Publisher: Seal Press Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Last Stand: America's Virgin Lands by Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Griffiths Belt ISBN: 0792269098 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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