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Annie Dillard: Teaching a Stone to Talk (Paperback, 1988, Harper Perennial) 2 stars

The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer shares her sharply observed, keenly felt encounters with the natural world--in …

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2 stars

Honestly, I wanted desperately to like this book. "Total Eclipse" was great, and some of the essays were really stellar, but about 2 or 3 in you realize the tone is the same in every one and they're just drudging along. The language which was once beautiful is now trite. The ecstatic rhythm is now overblown. Not worth finishing, for me. Read one essay. Pick the one which most intrigues you. Don't bother trying to read the whole book.