Annie Dillard has spent a lifetime examining the world around her with eyes wide open,
drinking in all things intensely and relentlessly.

Whether observing a sublime lunar eclipse or a moth consumed in a candle flame,
the trembling of lily pads on a pond or hundreds of red-winged blackbirds taking flight,
Dillard's awe at the fragility of the natural world rejuvenates and inspires pleasure and heartache.

Precise in language and deeply meditative in spirit,
this is a landmark collection from one of America's masters.