Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard

Holy the Firm

Annie Dillard

80 pages first pub 1977 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective relaxing slow-paced

Description

In 1975 Annie Dillard took up residence on an island in Puget Sound in a wooded room furnished with one enormous window, one cat, one spider and one person. For the next two years she asked herself questions about time, reality, sacrifice death, a...

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Moods

reflective 94%
challenging 66%
inspiring 61%
emotional 55%
funny 27%
hopeful 27%
mysterious 27%
dark 16%
informative 16%
relaxing 16%
adventurous 11%
sad 11%
tense 11%

Pace

slow 44%
fast 33%
medium 22%

Average rating

4.14

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