{"product_id":"secrets-of-the-universe-essays-on-family-community-spirit-and-place-paperback","title":"Secrets of the Universe: Essays on Family, Community, Spirit, and Place - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Russell Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Secrets of the Universe\" ranges from an autobiographical tour-de-force that describes a childhood spent with an alcoholic father to 'Looking at Women, ' a reflection on male yearning and confusion, to a look at the place-or absence-of nature in recent American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor speaks about the book: I do not expect to arrive at the absolute center or circumference of things, at least not along a path of words. I will follow that path as far as it leads, then go on ahead in silence. The journey home in my effort to come fully awake, to understand where I actually live. If, on the way, I have discovered any secrets worth telling, they must be ones known to all of us in our clear moments. I seek a truth as common as dirt of laughter, and as rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor his personal nonfiction, \u003cb\u003eScott Russell Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e has won the Lannan Literary Award and the Great Lakes Book Award. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Paradise of Bombs, Secrets of the Universe, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStaying Put.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.38 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51800169611552,"sku":"9780807063316","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1447095e406aff6c4193e0a8773f0dcb.webp?v=1780834986","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/secrets-of-the-universe-essays-on-family-community-spirit-and-place-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}