Savage Grace by Jay Griffiths

Savage Grace by Jay Griffiths

Jay Griffiths is a tour guide for anyone who has ever wished to commune with the side of our human psyche that remains in touch with the wild. Equally at home among the "sea gypsy" Bajo people who live off the coast of Thailand and forage their food from the ocean floor, drinking the psychedelic ayahuasca plant with Amazonian shamans, or joining an Inuit whale hunt at the northern tip of Canada, Griffiths takes readers on an adventure both charted and un-chartable. She divides her meditations on these travels into sections named after the ancient elemental properties of the universe--Earth, Air, Fire, Ice, and Water--because her subject matter is not merely the places traveled to but the depths of mind and the cultural narratives revealed by place. It is a universal story told of far-flung groups of humans, with vastly different ways of life, connected through the varied wilderness that sustains them. By describing the ways in which human societies and the human mind have developed in response to the wilder elements of our homelands, Savage Grace reveals itself as a benediction for the emotional, intellectual, and physical nourishment that people continue to draw from the natural world. Under the sway of Griffiths' charisma, her poetic prose, and her deeply learned and persuasive case for the wild roots of our shared human being, we learn that we are all, each and every one of us, a force of nature.

Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time, Wild: An Elemental Adventure, and Love Letter from a Stray Moon, a novella on Frida Kahlo's life, are all written by Jay Griffiths. She is the first recipient of the Orion Book Award, as well as the Barnes & Noble Discover Award for the finest new nonfiction writer in the United States. She was born and raised in England and currently resides in Wales.

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ISBN 13	9781619024656
ISBN 10	1619024659
Title	Savage Grace
Author	Jay Griffiths
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Counterpoint
Year published	2015-03-17
Number of pages	384
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.