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050		4	_aPS3608.O47824 _bS63 2013
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100	1		_aHoffman, Julian, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe small heart of things _h[electronic resource] : _bbeing at home in a beckoning world / _cJulian Hoffman.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2013 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_aAthens [Georgia] : _bUniversity of Georgia Press, _c[2013] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (xiii, 154 pages))
500			_aEssays.
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
505	0		_aPreface -- Shadow grounds -- Homing -- The other shore -- The memory of land and water -- An accumulation of light -- Gifts -- Among reeds -- Time in the Karst Country -- The distance between us -- A family field guide -- On passage -- The wood for the trees -- A winter moth -- The circumference of a second -- The small heart of things -- Faith in a forgotten place -- Shifting shadows -- Acknowledgments.
520			_aIn The Small Heart of Things, Julian Hoffman intimately examines the myriad ways in which connections to the natural world can be deepened through an equality of perception, whether it's a caterpillar carrying its house of leaves, transhumant shepherds ranging high mountain pastures, a quail taking cover on an empty steppe, or a Turkmen family emigrating from Afghanistan to Istanbul. The narrative spans the common--and often contested--ground that supports human and natural communities alike, seeking the unsung stories that sustain us. Guided by the belief of Rainer Maria Rilke that "everything beckons us to perceive it," Hoffman explores the area around the Prespa Lakes, the first transboundary park in the Balkans, shared by Greece, Albania, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. From there he travels widely to regions rarely written about, exploring the idea that home is wherever we happen to be if we accord that place our close and patient attention. The Small Heart of Things is a book about looking and listening. It incorporates travel and natural history writing that interweaves human stories with those of wild creatures. Distinguished by Hoffman's belief that through awareness, curiosity, and openness we have the potential to forge abiding relationships with a range of places, it illuminates how these many connections can teach us to be at home in the world.
586			_aAssociation of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aNatural history.
650		0	_aTravel.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _w(DLC) 2012048323 _z0820345563 _z9780820345567
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780820346359/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c32875 _d32875