The Meadow
Book description
An American Library Association Notable Book
In discrete disclosures joined with the intricacy of a spider's web, James Galvin depicts the hundred-year history of a meadow in the arid mountains of the Colorado/Wyoming border. Galvin describes the seasons, the weather, the wildlife, and the few people who do not possess…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Meadow as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Meadow is a book that is far grander than its already grand setting of the American West.
Galvin explores the lives that have come and gone over a hundred years from a meadow at the confluence of two rivers. If you were teaching literature and had to give the best example of place, you could do no better than Galvin’s writing.
As a reader, I enjoy books whose lines make you want to go back and reread, just to savor the word craft and relish the imagery. The Meadow is a masterclass.
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