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Reports from the Edges of America & Beyond
Harper Perennial
March 2002
On Sale: March 1, 2002
256 pages
ISBN: 0060930470
EAN: 9780060930479
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Part political disquisition, part travel journal, part
self-exploration, Seek is a collection of essays and
articles in which Denis Johnson essentially takes on the
world. And not an obliging, easygoing world either; but
rather one in which horror and beauty exist in such
proximity that they might well be interchangeable. Where
violence and poverty and moral transgression go unchecked,
even unnoticed. A world of such wild, rocketing energy that,
grasping it, anything at all is possible. Whether
traveling through war-ravaged Liberia, mingling with the
crowds at a Christian Biker rally, exploring his own
authority issues through the lens of this nation's militia
groups, or attempting to unearth his inner resources while
mining for gold in the wilds of Alaska, Johnson writes with
a mixture of humility and humorous candor that is everywhere
present. With the breathtaking and often haunting
lyricism for which his work is renowned, Johnson considers
in these pieces our need for transcendence. And, as readers
of his previous work know, Johnson's path to consecration
frequently requires a limning of the darkest abyss. If the
path to knowledge lies in experience, Seek is a
fascinating record of Johnson's profoundly moving pilgrimage.
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