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That Distant Land

23 Short Stories

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That Distant Land

By: Wendell Berry
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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That Distant Land collects 23 stories, interlinked with each other and with the other published "Port William" novels. The stories, arranged in their fictional chronology (from 1888 to almost the present day), become one sustained work, a new novel that spans the entire life and time involved. The range of this book is extraordinary - it offers rest for the weary, hope for the beleaguered, and strength for everyone else.

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Beautiful language from such a skilled author. Loved living along with the various characters and their stories and their valuesvalues. Haunting of times gone by ... and the reader was a wonderful contributor to that. Thank you.

So wonderful to be immersed in!

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These stories are powerful examples of literature matching its subject. These are deep rooted stories across generations that Wendell Berry describes with rich phrases that leave soil under your fingernails. More than an exercise in nostalgia, these are a reminder that there is “deeper magic” than progress and upward mobility. I’d read some of them before, and so I was nervous about listening to them but Kramer’s voice perfectly matches the stories.

Good for the soul

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