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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Edward Abbey
- First published
- 1978
- Pages
- 202
- Publisher
- Avon Books (Mm), Buccaneer Books, Harper Perennial
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781568494579
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First sentence
“Brightest New Mexico. In the vivid light each rock and tree and cloud and mountain existed with a kind of force and clarity that seemed not natural but super.”
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