Reviews

The Back Country by Gary Snyder

adru's review against another edition

Väga ilmekalt pilte loovad luuletused ja tore, et need, mida Kerouac "Dharma bumsis" kirjeldab, on kohe ära tuntavad.

stevesaroff's review against another edition

5.0

There was a time when I consumed every word I could find by Gary Snyder. It was back when most poetry I had found was as irrelevant as the lectures and lessons given in the classrooms that I had fled from. As a runaway I ran to what Snyder writes about in The Back Country. A place of mountains and forests, long blue beaches, and the nurturing solitude of rock, sky, and silence. Snyder touched a generation of us, those who were almost destroyed but managed to escape. We then received our education from books like his, and then from good people and good places. And, if you are able to understand the potential of love but have also been strong enough to go it alone, this book might be for you too. Start by reading just one book by Snyder, this powerful, slim, one.

" I don’t mind      living this way
Green hills      the long blue beach
But sometimes      sleeping in the open
I think back      when I had you"
- from Four Poems For Robin, Gary Snyder

tacomaven's review

2.0

I struggled to get anything out of this. Maybe it's over my head or I don't have enough context for these poems, but they didn't resonate with me. Also a lot of the style (spacing, indents, etc.) was distracting or confusing. I might try another work by him to feel fair about this.

dogbones's review

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0