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3567929The Painted Foresthttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-painted-forest-9781949199208/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3554002/d2a6ba09-79b0-4af5-8cda-96a1679aa295.jpg?v=638385542804970000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3551546/d2a6ba09-79b0-4af5-8cda-96a1679aa295.jpg?v=638385539447470000279387MXNWest Virginia University PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Council for Wisconsin Writers, Norbert Blei/August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award winner</strong></p><p>In this often-surprising book of essays, Krista Eastman explores the myths we make about who we are and where were from. <em>The Painted Forest</em> uncovers strange and little-known home placesnot only the picturesque hills and valleys of the authors childhood in rural Wisconsin, but also tourist towns, the under-imagined and overly caricatured Midwest, and a far-flung station in Antarctica where the filmmaker Werner Herzog makes an unexpected appearance.</p><p><em>The Painted Forest</em> upends easy narratives of place, embracing tentativeness and erasing boundaries. But it is Eastmans willingness to playto follow her curiosity down every odd path, to exude a skeptical wonderthat gives this book depth and distinction. An unlikely array of people, places, and texts meet for close conversation, and tension is diffused with art, imagination, and a strong sense of there being some other way forward. Eastman offers a smart and contemporary take on how we wander and how we belong.</p>...3503638The Painted Forest279387https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-painted-forest-9781949199208/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3554002/d2a6ba09-79b0-4af5-8cda-96a1679aa295.jpg?v=638385542804970000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3551546/d2a6ba09-79b0-4af5-8cda-96a1679aa295.jpg?v=638385539447470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20199781949199208_W3siaWQiOiJiNzMxODI0Mi1hNWJjLTQ3OGUtOTI3Yy1hMzE2ZTM2ZTRmNGIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM4NywiZGlzY291bnQiOjEwOCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyNzksImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA3LTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781949199208_<p><strong>Council for Wisconsin Writers, Norbert Blei/August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award winner</strong></p><p>In this often-surprising book of essays, Krista Eastman explores the myths we make about who we are and where we’re from. <em>The Painted Forest</em> uncovers strange and little-known “home places”—not only the picturesque hills and valleys of the author’s childhood in rural Wisconsin, but also tourist towns, the “under-imagined and overly caricatured” Midwest, and a far-flung station in Antarctica where the filmmaker Werner Herzog makes an unexpected appearance.</p><p><em>The Painted Forest</em> upends easy narratives of place, embracing tentativeness and erasing boundaries. But it is Eastman’s willingness to play—to follow her curiosity down every odd path, to exude a skeptical wonder—that gives this book depth and distinction. An unlikely array of people, places, and texts meet for close conversation, and tension is diffused with art, imagination, and a strong sense of there being some other way forward. Eastman offers a smart and contemporary take on how we wander and how we belong.</p>(*_*)9781949199208_<p><strong>Council for Wisconsin Writers, Norbert Blei/August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award winner</strong></p><p>In this often-surprising book of essays, Krista Eastman explores the myths we make about who we are and where were from. <em>The Painted Forest</em> uncovers strange and little-known home placesnot only the picturesque hills and valleys of the authors childhood in rural Wisconsin, but also tourist towns, the under-imagined and overly caricatured Midwest, and a far-flung station in Antarctica where the filmmaker Werner Herzog makes an unexpected appearance.</p><p><em>The Painted Forest</em> upends easy narratives of place, embracing tentativeness and erasing boundaries. But it is Eastmans willingness to playto follow her curiosity down every odd path, to exude a skeptical wonderthat gives this book depth and distinction. An unlikely array of people, places, and texts meet for close conversation, and tension is diffused with art, imagination, and a strong sense of there being some other way forward. Eastman offers a smart and contemporary take on how we wander and how we belong.</p>...9781949199208_West Virginia University Presslibro_electonico_940c86d2-545b-3f55-92e5-efe2ca470cbc_9781949199208;9781949199208_9781949199208Krista EastmanInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/uofchicagopress-epub-9ca3981f-ab11-4a29-a186-e22559bafd54.epub2019-10-01T00:00:00+00:00West Virginia University Press