Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard
Holy the Firm

Annie Dillard

Holy the Firm

Annie Dillard

76 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,...

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Moods

reflective 95%
challenging 61%
inspiring 61%
emotional 52%
hopeful 28%
mysterious 28%
funny 23%
informative 19%
dark 14%
relaxing 14%
adventurous 9%
sad 9%
tense 9%

Pace

slow 42%
medium 28%
fast 28%

Average rating

4.14

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