Everything that Rises: A Book of ConvergencesFrom a cuneiform tablet to a Chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our T-shirts, Lawrence Weschler finds strange connections wherever he looks. The farther one travels (through geography, through art, through science, through time), the more everything seems to converge -- at least, it does if you're looking through Weschler's giddy, brilliant eyes. Weschler combines his keen insights into art, his years of experience as a chronicler of the fall of Communism, and his triumphs and failures as the father of a teenage girl into a series of essays sure to illuminate, educate, and astound. |
Contents
ECHOES AT GROUND ZERO | 5 |
THE VIEW FROM THE PROW OF THE GETTY | 23 |
ILIUM OFF THE BOWERY | 33 |
Copyright | |
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