Daily Lives in Nghsi-Altai by Of History Robert Nichols

Daily Lives in Nghsi-Altai by Of History Robert Nichols

In this remarkable tetralogy of short novels, Nichols envisions the nature of our communal, yet highly individualized society in which decentralized democracy, ecological sensibility, bioregional principles, and liberatory technologies are integrated into a traditional culture. It is a vision of utopia emerging out of the rich particularity of history and lived experience. First published in five separate volumes in the late 1970s, Daily Lives in Nghsi-Altai has never gained the recognition it deserves. It is an extraordinary contribution to both literary and theoretical utopianism and should be recognized both for its radical ideology and for the fecundity of the imagination that informs it at all moments. It is a beguiling and inventive mixture of hallucinogenic prose and poetry that has demonstrates a fiercely independent mind and talent at its pinnacle. This reissue includes the full series, Red Shift (with illustrations from Peter Schumann), Arrival, Gahr City, The Harditts in Sawna, and Exile.

As those lucky enough to have read Daily Lives in Nghsi-Altai know, Robert Nichols is one of our most profoundly original writers, his political passion, and acuteness transfigured by a visionary gleam. --Ursula K. Le Guin

Robert Nichols, Poet. Born: 1944. Married to Carol Riehl Nichols from 1965 - 1981 and, again and forever, 1991. Father of Kristin Nichols (born 1970). Son of Robert and Hattie, brother to Nancy Sue; friend, cousin, uncle to some fine people... and all the rest, bless me, is poetry. I'm a former English teacher, truck driver, photographer, Maytag Man, janitor, contractor, carpenter, and, well, I've done a bit of many things in support of my family and my art. I was fifteen when I determined, regardless of practical or monetary considerations, I would be a poet. In the ensuing decades, my commitment to the art and craft of written communication has not diminished. Some might doubt the wisdom of the path I have taken, but none can fault the passion to which I have given this life choice. There is poetry, as there is music and art form, in all the sounds, motions, emotions, and textures of the living world through which we pass. With spill and flow of words I create poems, songs, essays, stories, novels-all gleaned from the energy and magic of my life's interactions with people and nature and the Gods that spin us all. My words are driven by a soul-deep intent to fully experience the challenge and fascination of life and, most significantly, to communicate what is realized from this grand encounter. When I write a poem, a novel, an essay, a grocery list, or an e-mail to my insurance lady, I do so as one whose life is devoted to a principle of writing with clarity, wit, and compassion. The goal of my art: to intimately express the Universal. Enjoy, my world, I write for you.

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ISBN 13	9789811160349
ISBN 10	9811160341
Title	Daily Lives in Nghsi-Altai
Author	Of History Robert Nichols
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Verbivoraciouspress
Year published	2017-12-15
Number of pages	506
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