Desert Notes and River Notes, Barry Lopez
Desert Notes and River Notes, Barry Lopez
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Desert Notes and River Notes

Author: Barry Lopez

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 4 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2022

Synopsis

To National Book Award–winning author Barry Lopez, the desert and the river are landscapes alive with poetry, mystery, seduction, and enchantment. In these two works of fiction, the narrator responds viscerally and emotionally to their moods and changes, their secrets and silences, and their unique power. Desert Notes portrays the mystical power of an American desert, and the reflections it sparks in the characters who travel there. River Notes, a companion piece, celebrates the wild life forces of a river, calling readers to think deeply on identity and about the hopefulness of their onward journeys, with a lyrical collection of memories, stories, and dreams. From an evocative tale of finding a hot spring in a desert to a meditation on the thoughts and dreams of herons, Lopez offers enthralling stories that enable us to see and feel the rhythms of the wilderness. These sojourns bring readers a specific sense of the darkness, light, and resolve that we encounter within ourselves when away from home.

About Barry Lopez

Barry Lopez (1945-2020) was an essayist, short story writer, and award-winning author. His Arctic Dreams won the National Book Award, and his Of Wolves and Men won the John Burroughs and Christopher medals and was a finalist for the National Book Award.

About Richard Ferrone

Award-winning narrator Richard Ferrone has recorded books by many well-known writers, including James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Mickey Spillane, and Dashiell Hammett, and for over twenty-five years has been the voice of Lucas Davenport in John Sandford’s bestselling Prey series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tara on April 18, 2008

For me this little book written when Lopez was very young (his first, I think), talks to and lifts my spirit like none other. When I first read Desert Notes and especially this excerpt (below), I was surprised by my tears. And I don't cry easily. A quote from Desert Notes: "This is how to do it. Wait......more

Goodreads review by Hanna on March 16, 2022

I arrived at Barry Lopez via his nonfiction work which I love for his adventures and the incredible ways he thinks through them. I was surprised to learn that this book was fiction, but Barry Lopez's incredible person is still so evident.......more

Goodreads review by skye on September 21, 2019

I read one essay from this book in "The Sierra Club Trailside Reader" while on the Appalachian Trail - and loved it. I found this book in a little bookstore on Orcas Island in WA. Read the whole thing and loved it back then. Read it again on the Grand Canyon and after, and loved it just as much or m......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on February 15, 2023

I didn't know that Berry Lopez wrote fiction and so I was excited for these short story collections. I’m definitely going to want to reread this while camping. As beautifully written as his nonfiction.......more

Goodreads review by Misia on November 28, 2023

I’ve read many books about the desert and many books about rivers and loved them all deeply but this book…..the way he strives for poetic prose seems pretentious, the connections to the landscape superficial and awkward when he desperately wants them to be deep. As someone who enjoys this type of wr......more

Quotes

“A powerful storyteller.” Margaret Atwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Lopez feels a deep spiritual connection to the natural world.” San Francisco Chronicle

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