Landscape and Imagination
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Landscape and Imagination
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In her first collection of essays since her award winning book The
Census Taker, Marilyn Stablein takes us on a personal journey of cataclysm and
terrain. From the preface: "The Far West is a region of intimidation. The potential
for destruction both tempers and unnerves . . . those who live there. The Oakland-Berkeley
Hills firestorm came within a half mile of my house. . . . Weather is inseparable from the
landscape it affects. There are landscapes of destruction, of earthquakes, tidal waves,
hurricanes and blizzards; and interior landscapes, the climate of closed spaces, the
weather of dreams, memory and imagination."
What the Critics are Saying |
Praise for Marilyn Stablein’s Novel The Census Taker:
"[Stablein] brings a fresh, appreciative eye to a set of national images . . . her
ironic stance provides a novel experience."
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Publisher's Weekly
"Stablein has applied her whimsical Western eye to the mystical East . . . conveying
so much droll irony in that simple juxtaposition of viewpoints."
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Quarterly West
Table of Contents
Preface: Landscapes of Impermanence
Deep in the Forests of Home
Waves
Deceptions in Gray
Upwind, Downwind
After the Hurricane
Two Men From the Sea
The Big Quake
Dreaming and Driving
If the Plane Goes Down
Fire in the Hills Above Home
Shelter of Bone, Shelter of Flesh
Whales Trapped in the Ice
Intrusions in Ice
The Rain Garage
Wet Babies
Ghost Beach
A Descent into Winter