Name: Instructions for Living: A Deck of Daily Devotions
SKU: 56327717
Price: 43.96 NZD
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Author: Mary Oliver
ISBN: 9780593580271

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Instructions for Living: A Deck of Daily Devotions

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mary Oliver

Publisher

Clarkson Potter Publishers

Language

English

Pages

Weight

0.14 kg.

ISBN13

9780593580271

Synopsis "Instructions for Living: A Deck of Daily Devotions"

Soak up award-winning poet Mary Oliver's musings on living a fulfilling life with this beautifully illustrated deck of fifty cards meant to uplift and inspire wonder. Instructions for living a life: Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it. Mary Oliver touched countless readers with her tender, accessible poetry, expressing her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Her verses deftly wove close observations of nature with an evergreen state of wonder. She regarded the outdoors with awe, encouraging readers to step outside and breathe in nature's glory. This deck of fifty inspirational quotes, all pulled from Oliver's oeuvre, offer bite-sized pieces of life advice--from simple directives like "as long as you are dancing, you can break the rules," to the entirety of her ode to interpretations of heaven, "Yellow." "Come to the pond," she implores, "and live your life." Pull a card each morning for daily reflection or display a card on the included stand, returning again and again to the simple insight of Oliver's words. With delightful nature drawings alongside Oliver's celebrated verses, Instructions for Living provides readers an intimate opportunity to engage with Mary Oliver's inspiring words, day after day.

Mary Oliver

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Mary Oliver (1935-2019) was a distinguished American poet, born in Maple Heights, Ohio. Her work is characterized by a deep connection with nature and a reflection on the human experience. Throughout her career, she received numerous accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984 for her collection "American Primitive" and the National Book Award in 1992 for "New and Selected Poems". Among her most notable works are "La escritura indómita" (2021), "Horas de invierno" (2022), and "Nuestro mundo" (2023). Oliver regularly published both poetry and prose, exploring themes such as the intersection between the human and natural world, and the limits of human language to express such a connection.

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