Das Kaktusland
- 184 Seiten
- 7 Lesestunden
Von Abbey, Edward Zahlr., tls. farb. Abb. 184 S. fPr
Edward Abbey Bücher
29. Jänner 1927 – 14. März 1989
Edward Abbey war ein amerikanischer Autor und Essayist, der für seinen leidenschaftlichen Umweltschutz und seine anarchistischen politischen Ansichten bekannt ist. Sein Werk, das stark von seiner tiefen Verbundenheit mit der Wildnis des amerikanischen Südwestens beeinflusst ist, thematisiert häufig Öko-Aktivismus und kritisiert die Politik des öffentlichen Landes. Abbys Stil zeichnet sich durch eine intensive, leidenschaftliche Prosa aus, die sich mit dem Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Natur und industrieller Expansion auseinandersetzt. Seine einzigartige Stimme und sein Engagement für den Schutz der Wildnis haben ihm eine treue Anhängerschaft eingebracht.
«SCHEISSE, DA GEHT’S AB!» (taz). «Jeder sollte ein Hobby haben», findet Doc Sarvis. Er selbst hat für seins immer einen Benzinkanister im Kofferraum. Denn der angesehene Chirurg fackelt in der Freizeit gern Reklametafeln ab. Und dabei bleibt es nicht: Zusammen mit drei weiteren Exzentrikern macht er sich daran, der gebeutelten amerikanischen Natur wieder zu ihrem Recht zu verhelfen. Das große Ziel: die Sprengung des Glen-Canyon-Staudamms ...
Down the River is a collection of essays both timeless and timely. It is an exploration of the abiding beauty of some of the last great stretches of American wilderness on voyages down rivers where the body and mind float free, and the grandeur of nature gives rise to meditations on everything from the life of Henry David Thoreau to the militarization of the open range. At the same time, it is an impassioned condemnation of what is being done to our natural heritage in the name of progress, profit, and security. Filled with fiery dawns, wild and shining rivers, and radiant sandstone canyons, it is charged as well with heartfelt, rampageous rage at human greed, blindness, and folly. It is, in short, Edward Abbey at his best, where and when we need him most.
The Journey Home ranges from the surreal cityscapes of Hoboken and Manhattan to the solitary splendor of the deserts and mountains of the Southwest. It is alive with ranchers, dam builders, kissing bugs, and mountain lions. In a voice edged with chagrin, Edward Abbey offers a portrait of the American West that we’ll not soon forget, offering us the observations of a man who left the urban world behind to think about the natural world and the myths buried therein. Abbey, our foremost “ecological philosopher,” has a voice like no other. He can be wildly funny, ferociously acerbic, and unexpectedly moving as he ardently champions our natural wilderness and castigates those who would ravish it for the perverse pleasure of profit.
An account of the author's experiences, observations, and reflections as a seasonal park ranger in southeast Utah.
The Fool's Progress
- 513 Seiten
- 18 Lesestunden
Henry Lightcap, a man facing a terminal illness, sets out on a trip across America accompanied only by his dog, Solstice, and discovers the beauty and majesty of the Southwest.
Text and photographs discuss the various mountain ranges of North America including the Rockies, Hawaii, Cascades, Appalachins, Olympics, Sierra Nevada and the mountain ranges of Alaska
You are about to visit some of the most exciting places on earth. Not the sort of excitement that makes morning headlines or the nightly news. Instead it is the excitement that comes from experiencing the natural world as it always has been and should be, and seeing human beings living in tune with its subtlest rhythms. In Australian cattle country and in the primitive outback. On a desert island off Mexico and in the Sierra Madres. On the Rio Grande and in the great Southwest. On Lake Powell in Utah and in the living American desert. It is adventure. It is enlightenment. It is vintage Abbey.
From stories about cattlemen, fellow critics, his beloved desert, cities, and technocrats to thoughts on sin and redemption, this is one of our most treasured writers at the height of his powers.
Edward Abbey's first love was to write fiction, and as so many of his friends pointed out, Black Sun was his own personal favorite book. It contains some of his most lyrical writing, and it is unusually gentle and introspective for him.
