Beauchemin Jean - Franois - Archives Of Joy Reflections On Animals And The Nature Of Being - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Beauchemin discovers again and again that happiness is a function of the connection between beings the nonhuman animals as well as the human. Maria Popova A Favorite Book of 2023 For readers of Ross Gay's The Book of Delights comes a joyful tender memoir of encounters with animals and their potential to transform our lives through joy. Two mismatched ducks quarrel amorously. A tortoise basks on a rock in the sun. Four deer ceremoniously visit a writer's garden to announce the arrival of a newborn fawn. In Archives of Joy renowned poet essayist and novelist Jean - Fran ois Beauchemin turns his poetic and playful gaze to memories of animals he has known throughout his life from fleeting encounters to deep relationships. With each meeting Beauchemin returns to a simple thought: that joy in nature is an essential counterweight to the inescapable awareness of the brevity of life. In short humorous and often dreamlike vignettes Beauchemin meditates on the mysteries of existence the alchemy of memory and the entwinement of the animal world with our own whether he's nursing an injured bird back to health deciphering the gaze of a judgmental cat or keeping company with a workhorse nearing its death. His life as a writer and his beloved pet dogs and cats feature often as do the creatures he encounters in his garden at farms or on woodland walks: sparrows crows deer foxes horses and cows. Deeply restorative imaginative and dreamily poetic Archives of Joy is a memoir that will stay with readers long after its final page.
Title: Archives Of Joy Reflections On Animals And The Nature Of Being
Author(s): Beauchemin Jean - Franois
Publisher: Greystone Books Canada
Barcode: 9781771649322
Pages: 160 Pages, B&W Illustrations
Publication Date: 5/16/2023
Category: Memoirs