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Gretel Ehrlich

    Gretel Ehrlichová je americká spisovatelka, jejíž díla se často ponořují do krajiny a ducha amerického Západu. Prostřednictvím svých esejů, románů a poezie zkoumá vztah mezi člověkem a přírodou, ztrátu a vytrvalost. Její psaní je pozoruhodné svou lyrickou kvalitou a hlubokým porozuměním pro drsné krásy a emocionální rezonance venkovského života. Ehrlichová vtahuje čtenáře do světů, které jsou zároveň konkrétní i introspektivní, a nabízí pohled na život s respektem k jeho výzvám i zázrakům.

    Der Pferdeflüsterer
    Heart Mountain
    This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
    The Solace of Open Spaces
    Mitch Dobrowner: Storms
    • Mitch Dobrowner: Storms

      • 96 stránek
      • 4 hodiny čtení
      4,6(36)Ohodnotit

      Chronicling the breathtaking power of nature, this collection showcases Mitch Dobrowner's stunning photographs of storms captured across Western and Midwestern America. Partnering with storm chaser Roger Hill, Dobrowner combines his graphic design expertise with a deep appreciation for the complexity of super-cells and tornadoes. The book, featuring an introduction by Gretel Ehrlich, delves into the landscape tradition of the American West, highlighting Dobrowner's craftsmanship and the media acclaim surrounding his work.

      Mitch Dobrowner: Storms
    • The Solace of Open Spaces

      • 192 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
      4,2(62)Ohodnotit

      A stunning collection of personal observations that uses images of the American West to probe larger concerns in lyrical, evocative prose that is a true celebration of the region.

      The Solace of Open Spaces
    • 4,0(885)Ohodnotit

      For the last decade, Gretel Ehrlich has been obsessed by an island, a terrain, a culture, and the treacherous beauty of a world that is defined by ice. In This Cold Heaven she combines the story of her travels with history and cultural anthropology to reveal a Greenland that few of us could otherwise imagine.Ehrlich unlocks the secrets of this severe land and those who live there; a hardy people who still travel by dogsled and kayak and prefer the mystical four months a year of endless darkness to the gentler summers without night. She discovers the twenty-three words the Inuit have for ice, befriends a polar bear hunter, and comes to agree with the great Danish-Inuit explorer Knud Rasmussen that “all true wisdom is only to be found far from the dwellings of man, in great solitudes.”This Cold Heaven is at once a thrilling adventure story and a meditation on the clarity of life at the extreme edge of the world.

      This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland