Clara Callan: A novel - 5 Angebote vergleichen

Lieferung aus: Kanada, Versandkosten nach: DEU.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, B-Line Books.
Toronto: Harperflamingo Canada. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002005018 . Tight clean book but with front endpaper excised; slight smudging to fore-edge; in crisp DJ with just a touch of shelfwear. Inscribed and signed by Wright on the title page. ; 1.5 x 8.6 x 5.6 Inches; 415 pages; The Values of Belonging breaks new ground by examining human value systems from the perspective of how we live, not our gender. "There is a way of being in the world that recoils from aggressiveness, cunning, and greed," writes bestselling author Carol Lee Flinders. This way of being arose out of the relationships our hunter-gatherer ancestors had with the natural world, one another, and Spirit -- relationships that are most acutely understood in terms of trust, inclusion, and mutual reciprocity. This society's core values, which include intimate connection with the land, empathetic relationship with animals, self-restraint, balance, expressiveness, generosity, egalitarianism, playfulness, and nonviolent conflict resolution, are what Flinders calls the "values of Belonging."But with the Agricultural Revolution, as people took charge of what they could grow and where, the nature of human society changed, Once we could produce enough food to have surpluses, food could be bartered. The concept of ownership took on new meaning; more complex economies evolved, and with them came social and economic inequities. Qualities that had been reviled, such as competitiveness, acquisitiveness, and ambition, became under these new conditions the means to success. God underwent a transformation as well, becoming masculine, supreme, and finally located above and beyond us in the heavens. Flinders observes that these "values of Enterprise" have played a crucial role in the development of human society, having given us our passion for innovation and exploration of our world. But, whether negative or positive, the values of Enterprise, which became associated with men, overwhelmed the values of Belonging, which were identified with women. This division has impoverished us all.The values that shaped the hunter-gatherer's life reflected the need for connection, while those that fueled the Agricultural Revolution, and the subsequent rise of civilization as we know it, resulted in disconnection -- from nature, other people, and Spirit. The two value systems could not be more deeply at odds. Because the values of Enterprise have prevailed, the entire world stands in acute and perilous imbalance. And yet there are those who have managed to keep the values of Belonging alive, while successfully negotiating Enterprise culture.In this fresh look at gender relationships, Flinders moves away from the dichotomy of male as oppressor and female as victim. She sees models for a new balance in the lives of visionaries, artists, and mystics such as the Buddha, Baal Shem Tov, Teresa of Avila, Elizabeth Candy Stanton, John Muir, and Martin Luther King Jr., each of whom mirrors the essence of Belonging values for the world. This thought-provoking book adds an exciting dimension to the debate about Western values and where we are headed. .

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, More_Books_For_Less.
Winner of the 2001 Governor General's Award and Giller Prize, Clara Callan chronicles the lives of two sisters living in a small Ontario town during the Depression. Author Richard Wright tells their story, from the ordinary to the extraordinary, with an eye for the commonplace and poignant sense of the larger undercurrents that change people's lives. Letters and journal entries form a portal into the desires and passions of two very different women, underscoring the larger tableau of an era stirring with great events — the Depression, the rumblings of another world war, and the infancy of radio and show business entertainment. Love and betrayal, friendship and family, hope and deception are the forces that temper the lives of Clara, the spinster schoolteacher, and her sister Nora, "whose entire life is a performance." A master at revealing the drama of seemingly unremarkable lives, Richard B. Wright constructs a powerful, mesmerizing narrative performed by Jennifer and Cynthia Dale, with supporting roles performed by Janet Wright and Tom McBeath. In this mesmerizing performance, the Dale sisters create a deeply moving portrait of two women and the social changes that will alter their inner lives and the world as they once knew it. Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: HarperFlamingoCanada, HarperFlamingoCanada, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2001, Studio: HarperFlamingoCanada, Verkaufsrang: 3256360.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 1-2 business days.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, betterworldbooks_.
Winner of the 2001 Governor General's Award and Giller Prize, Clara Callan chronicles the lives of two sisters living in a small Ontario town during the Depression. Author Richard Wright tells their story, from the ordinary to the extraordinary, with an eye for the commonplace and poignant sense of the larger undercurrents that change people's lives. Letters and journal entries form a portal into the desires and passions of two very different women, underscoring the larger tableau of an era stirring with great events — the Depression, the rumblings of another world war, and the infancy of radio and show business entertainment. Love and betrayal, friendship and family, hope and deception are the forces that temper the lives of Clara, the spinster schoolteacher, and her sister Nora, "whose entire life is a performance." A master at revealing the drama of seemingly unremarkable lives, Richard B. Wright constructs a powerful, mesmerizing narrative performed by Jennifer and Cynthia Dale, with supporting roles performed by Janet Wright and Tom McBeath. In this mesmerizing performance, the Dale sisters create a deeply moving portrait of two women and the social changes that will alter their inner lives and the world as they once knew it. Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: HarperFlamingoCanada, HarperFlamingoCanada, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2001, Studio: HarperFlamingoCanada, Verkaufsrang: 3256360.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 1-2 business days.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, collectibleeditions.
Winner of the 2001 Governor General's Award and Giller Prize, Clara Callan chronicles the lives of two sisters living in a small Ontario town during the Depression. Author Richard Wright tells their story, from the ordinary to the extraordinary, with an eye for the commonplace and poignant sense of the larger undercurrents that change people's lives. Letters and journal entries form a portal into the desires and passions of two very different women, underscoring the larger tableau of an era stirring with great events — the Depression, the rumblings of another world war, and the infancy of radio and show business entertainment. Love and betrayal, friendship and family, hope and deception are the forces that temper the lives of Clara, the spinster schoolteacher, and her sister Nora, "whose entire life is a performance." A master at revealing the drama of seemingly unremarkable lives, Richard B. Wright constructs a powerful, mesmerizing narrative performed by Jennifer and Cynthia Dale, with supporting roles performed by Janet Wright and Tom McBeath. In this mesmerizing performance, the Dale sisters create a deeply moving portrait of two women and the social changes that will alter their inner lives and the world as they once knew it. Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: HarperFlamingoCanada, HarperFlamingoCanada, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2001, Studio: HarperFlamingoCanada, Verkaufsrang: 3256360.

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