The Paradise Notebooks: 90 Miles Across the Sierra Nevada -- Richard J. Nevle, Hardcover

In The Paradise Notebooks, Richard J. Nevle and Steven Nightingale take us across the spectacular Sierra Nevada mountain range on a journey illuminated by incandescent poetry and fascinating fact.

Over the course of twenty-one pairs of short essays, Nevle and Nightingale contemplate the natural phenomena found in the Sierra Nevada. From granite to aspen, to fire, to a rare, endemic species of butterfly, these essay pairs explore the natural history and mystical wonder of each element with a balanced and captivating touch. As they weave in vignettes from their ninety-mile backpacking trip across the range, Nevle and Nightingale powerfully reconceive the Sierra Nevada as both earthly matter and transcendental offering, letting us into a reality in which nature holds just as much spiritual importance as it does physical.

In a time of rapid environmental degradation, The Paradise Notebooks offers a way forward--a whole-minded, learned, loving attention to place that rekindles our joyful relationship with the living world.

Author: Richard J. Nevle, Steven Nightingale
Publisher: Comstock Publishing
Published: 04/15/2022
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9781501762697