About this title: In his most ambitious book to date, poet, musician, wit, and polemicist Bill Holm repairs to his Icelandic cottage to reflect on the United States and what it might learn from the land of his ancestral roots. The book begins with a description of the extraordinary setting of Brimnes, a small fishing village on the Arctic Circle. From his house, Holm captures Iceland's warmth and genuine community, its secularism, pacifism, and love of nature, poetry, and music. Writing of the America to which his ancestors fled only two generations before, he wonders whether the compelling dream of liberty, ...
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Description: Good. 1571313028 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Milkweed Editions, 2008. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Date Published: 2008-11-01
ISBN-13:9781571313102ISBN:1571313109
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Date Published: 2007-10-28
ISBN-13:9781571313027ISBN:1571313028
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781571313027. read more
Edition: First Edition {First Printing}
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781571313027ISBN:1571313028
Description: Fair in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "Bill Holm's book opens huge windows in every direction, giving us such splendid, eloquent views that readers will have to fight the urge to rush out and buy their own little house overlooking the Icelandic sea. As a meditation on yime and place, shuttling between his Midwestern roots and the Icelandic haven of his ancestors, Holm joins the other traveler, fellow philosopher-poet Henry David Thoreau, who retreated to Walden Pond to build his heart's ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781571313027ISBN:1571313028
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Milkweed Editions, Canada
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781571313027ISBN:1571313028
Description: Octavo; VG+/VG; DJ: black spine w/ white and lite blue text, HB: gray spine w/ silver gilt text; DJ: minor shelf wear and bumping, HB: minor shelf wear and bumping, text block clean; 226 pp. Travel & Exploration. 7-40-1147709. read more
"Interesting book of essays written during the Bush years by a Minnesotan who finds solace in Iceland, enjoying time to think, play music, and learn about the land of his ancestors."
"An opinionated and insightful take on life, literature, music, culture and nature in Iceland and America by this Icelandic-American poet who unfortunately recently died. Not long before his death, Holm was interviewed on Rick Steves' radio show, where he discussed this book and its themes, which arelikened, in some respects, to Thoreau."
"This was a wonderful, thought provoking book. Not only do I desperately want to go to Iceland, but I have really re-evaluated my own personal priorties. It has been a long time since I have read a book that I felt opened my eyes a little wider to the world around me."
Sad news. Bill Holm died at age 65 on Wednesday, February 25. Links on Mpr.
Bill Holm at his best. It is a travel book of sorts, but that's only the beginning. It's true heart is deeper, more melancholy, going far back to ancestors and immigrants and the questions of finding a good home on the planet today. Holm has adopted the whale's peculiar view, one eye looking out on rural Minnesota, the other upon the landscape of the northern coast of Iceland, the brain working to make sense of it all. The essays cover a lot of ground and hit some grand high notes"
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