Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Annie Dillard

290 pages first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Roanoke Valley. Annie Dillard sets out to see what she can see. What she sees are astonishing incidents of "beauty tangled in a rapture with violence."Her personal narrative hig...

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reflective 96%
informative 63%
inspiring 46%
challenging 36%
adventurous 26%
relaxing 24%
hopeful 20%
mysterious 16%
funny 13%
emotional 8%
dark 7%
lighthearted 6%
sad 3%

Pace

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medium 21%

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