In simple, striking verse, legendary poet Gary Snyder weaves an epic
discourse on the topics of geology, prehistory, and mythology. First
published in 1996, this landmark work encompasses Asian artistic
traditions, as well as Native American storytelling and Zen Buddhist
philosophy, and celebrates the disparate elements of the Earth -- sky,
rock, water -- while exploring the human connection to nature with
stunning wisdom. Winner of the Bollingen Poetry Prize, the Robert Kirsch
Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Orion Society's John Hay Award,
among others, Gary Snyder finds his quiet brilliance celebrated in this
new edition of one of his most treasured works.