{"product_id":"seek-reports-from-the-edges-of-america-beyond-9780060930479","title":"Seek: Reports from the Edges of America \u0026 Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Johnson writes with a fervor that can only be described as religious. \u003cem\u003eSeek\u003c\/em\u003e is scary and beautiful and ecstatic and uncontrolled...he elevates the mundane to the sublime; he boils things down to their essence. He's simply one of the few writers around whose sentences make you shudder.\" --Adrienne Miller, \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart political disquisition, part travel journal, part self-exploration, \u003cem\u003eSeek\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays and articles in which Denis Johnson essentially takes on the world. And not an obliging, easygoing world either; but rather one in which horror and beauty exist in such proximity that they might well be interchangeable. Where violence and poverty and moral transgression go unchecked, even unnoticed. A world of such wild, rocketing energy that, grasping it, anything at all is possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether traveling through war-ravaged Liberia, mingling with the crowds at a Christian Biker rally, exploring his own authority issues through the lens of this nation's militia groups, or attempting to unearth his inner resources while mining for gold in the wilds of Alaska, Johnson writes with a mixture of humility and humorous candor that is everywhere present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the breathtaking and often haunting lyricism for which his work is renowned, Johnson considers in these pieces our need for transcendence. And, as readers of his previous work know, Johnson's path to consecration frequently requires a limning of the darkest abyss. If the path to knowledge lies in experience, \u003cem\u003eSeek\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating record of Johnson's profoundly moving pilgrimage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denis Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.40w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060930479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/2002 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohnson, Denis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Denis Johnson is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Name of the World, Already Dead, Jesus' Son, Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, Fiskadoro, The Stars at Noon, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAngels.\u003c\/em\u003e His poetry has been collected in the volume \u003cem\u003eThe Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly.\u003c\/em\u003e He is the recipient of a Lannan Fellowship and a Whiting Writer's Award, among many other honors for his work. He lives in northern Idaho.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110599458931,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_220aa75c-7891-4b07-967d-f12ad2913f18.jpg?v=1748981305","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/seek-reports-from-the-edges-of-america-beyond-9780060930479","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}