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A collection of transcendent, lyrical essays on life in the American West, the classic companion to Gretel Ehrlich’s new book, Unsolaced
“Wyoming has found its Whitman.” —Annie Dillard
Poet and filmmaker Gretel Ehrlich went to Wyoming in 1975 to make the first in a series of documentaries when her partner died. Ehrlich stayed on and found she couldn’t leave. 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.
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. She brings depth, tenderness, and humor to her portraits of the peculiar souls who also call it home: hermits and ranchers, rodeo cowboys and schoolteachers, dreamers and realists. Together, these essays form an evocative and vibrant tribute to the life Ehrlich chose and the geography she loves.
Originally written as journal entries addressed to a friend, The Solace of Open Spaces is raw, meditative, electrifying, and uncommonly wise. In prose “as expansive as a Wyoming vista, as charged as a bolt of prairie lightning” (Newsday), Ehrlich explores the magical interplay between our interior lives and the world around us.
Publisher : Penguin Books (December 2, 1986)
Language : English
Paperback : 144 pages
ISBN-10 : 0140081135
ISBN-13 : 978-0140081138
Item Weight : 4.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.06 x 0.38 x 7.75 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book easy to read and enjoyable. They praise the writing style as beautiful, intuitive, and poetic. The content resonates with their love of nature and the west. Readers enjoy the narrative quality, describing the stories as interesting and satisfying. They appreciate the open spaces and tranquility found there. The author does a good job describing in detail the various work tasks and portraying the cowboys as kind, modest, and hardworking. The atmosphere is described well, including the skies, dirt, and clouds.
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