When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice - Couverture rigide

Williams, Terry Tempest

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0374288976 ISBN 13 : 9780374288976

Editeur : Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc, 2012

Synopsis

Terry Tempest William's mother told her: "I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won't look at them until after I'm gone." Readers of William's iconic and unconventional memoir, "Refuge", well remember that mother. She was one of a large Mormon clan in northern Utah who developed cancer as a result of the nuclear testing in nearby Nevada. It was a shock to Williams to discover that her mother had kept journals. But not as much of a shock as what she found when the time came to read them. "They were exactly where she said they would be: three shelves of beautiful clothbound books...I opened the first journal. It was empty. I opened the second journal. It was empty. I opened the third. It too was empty...Shelf after shelf after shelf, all of my mother's journals were blank." What did William's mother mean by that? In fifty-four chapters that unfold like a series of yoga poses, each with its own logic and beauty, Williams creates a lyrical and soaring mediation on the mystery of her mother's journals. "When Women Were Birds" is a kaleidoscope that keeps turning around the question "What does it mean to have a voice?"

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Présentation de l'éditeur

I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won't look at them until after I'm gone.This is what Terry Tempest Williams' mother, the matriarch of a large Mormon clan in northern Utah, told her a week before she died. It was a shock to Williams to discover that her mother had kept journals. But not as much of a shock to discover that the three shelves of journals were all blank. In fifty-four short chapters, Williams recounts memories of her mother, ponders her own Mormon faith, and contemplates the notion of absence in art and in our world. When Women Were Birds is a carefully crafted kaleidoscope that keeps turning around the question: What does it mean to have a voice?

Revue de presse

This poetic memoir continues the work Williams began in Refuge....Williams explores her mother's identity - woman, wife, mother, and Mormon - as she continues to honour her memory....A lyrical and elliptical meditation on women, nature, family, and history. --The Boston Globe

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374288976
• ISBN 13: 9780374288976
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible