A review by elundhansen
For the Time Being by Annie Dillard
4.0
This is the kind of book I'd love to write: meditations and musings on all matter of things, strung into repeating one-word-themed sections ("Birth," "China," "Now," "Evil," "Israel," etc.). Dillard puts words to our deepest wonderings--juxtaposing the menial and the existential and essentially asking if those are one and the same.
This book didn't shake my world in the same way [b:Pilgrim at Tinker Creek|12527|Pilgrim at Tinker Creek|Annie Dillard|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388717988l/12527._SX50_.jpg|2280883] did, but a thought from that book stays with me after this one, too: I want to see like Annie Dillard sees.
This book didn't shake my world in the same way [b:Pilgrim at Tinker Creek|12527|Pilgrim at Tinker Creek|Annie Dillard|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388717988l/12527._SX50_.jpg|2280883] did, but a thought from that book stays with me after this one, too: I want to see like Annie Dillard sees.