Walden
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- 2,49 €
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- 2,49 €
Descrizione dell’editore
Part manual for self-reliance, part social experiment and part personal declaration of independence, Walden is one of Henry David Thoreau’s most important contributions to American literature. In this work he describes his experiences during the two years in which he lived in a cabin he build near Walden Pond in rural Massachusetts.
This book was created from a scan of the original artifact, and as such the text of the book is not selectable or searchable.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Shrinking Walden into picture book size is somewhat like trying to fit Moby Dick into an aquarium. Still, Lowe's selections from Thoreau's iconoclastic work will give children a brief taste of this classic. Using only quotations from the original work, Lowe tells the story of Thoreau's year in the woods, emphasizing his descriptions of nature,stet comma and action rather than his philosophical musings. Readers see the young Thoreau putting shingles on his roof, hoeing beans, welcoming a stranger; they can revel in the natural wonders he describes--the ``whip-poor-wills,'' in summer, the drifting snow in winter, the ice breaking in the pond in spring. Sabuda's superb linoleum-cut prints lend a hard-edged brilliance to the dark woods--where sunlight is filtered through etched leaves, and moonlight shimmers on the waters of the pond made famous by a young man's experiment with life. All ages.
