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Archives of Joy: Reflections on Animals and the Nature of Being

Archives of Joy: Reflections on Animals and the Nature of Being

Warriner, David
Beauchemin, Jean-François

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralGeneral AnimalsNature Writing

Publisher Price: $22.95

ISBN10: 1771649321
ISBN13: 9781771649322
Publisher: Greystone Books
Published: May 16 2023
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.60
Language: English

Beauchemin discovers again and again that happiness is a function of the connection between beings--the nonhuman animals as well as the human.--Maria Popova, A Favorite Book of 2023

For readers of Ross Gay's The Book of Delights comes a joyful, tender memoir of encounters with animals and their potential to transform our lives through joy.

Two mismatched ducks quarrel amorously. A tortoise basks on a rock in the sun. Four deer ceremoniously visit a writer's garden to announce the arrival of a newborn fawn. In Archives of Joy, renowned poet, essayist, and novelist Jean-François Beauchemin turns his poetic and playful gaze to memories of animals he has known throughout his life, from fleeting encounters to deep relationships. With each meeting, Beauchemin returns to a simple thought: that joy in nature is an essential counterweight to the inescapable awareness of the brevity of life.

In short, humorous, and often dreamlike vignettes, Beauchemin meditates on the mysteries of existence, the alchemy of memory, and the entwinement of the animal world with our own--whether he's nursing an injured bird back to health, deciphering the gaze of a judgmental cat, or keeping company with a workhorse nearing its death.

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