The Solace Of Open Spaces

The solace of open spaces by gretel ehrlich is a work of non fiction.

The solace of open spaces. Each of these essays is a piece unto itself. Gretel ehrlich is the author of this cold heaven the future of ice heart mountain facing the wave and the solace of open spaces among other works of nonfiction fiction and poetry. The solace of open spaces is a 1986 collection of twelve short essays written by american travel writer poet essayist and filmmaker gretel ehrlich. Although this tradition is profoundly male epitomized by the works of well known writers such.

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. She began writing the book in 1979 originally. The solace of open spaces is a 1985 memoir by the american author filmmaker and poet gretel ehrlich. Gretel ehrlich is the kind of writer who teaches you that prose can be poetry.

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 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. Customers who bought this item also bought. Ehrlich studied at bennington college and ucla film school.

Sentence after sentence can be savored like hard candy until every bit of flavor comes out. She lives in wyoming. According to the author the book actually began as a series of rough edged journal entries sent by ehrlich to a friend in hawaii. Amazon barnes noble get weekly book recommendations.

Ehrlich captures both the otherworldly beauty and cruelty of the natural forces the harsh wind bitter cold and swiftly changing seasons in the remote reaches of the american west. It was written in fits and starts as many journal entries are. 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 author has been fairly compared to annie dillard and thoreau and at times her use of prose is pure poetry. The solace of open spaces. It seems almost like a lost way of life and maybe it is by now over thirty years after the book was published. Ehrlich essays and poetry in the new york times atlantic vanity fair enthralls and enchants with her tales of an east coast college.

The book was written over a period of five years from 1979 1984. Email address subscribe tweet. 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.