THE WORLD-ENDING FIRE: THE ESSENTIAL WENDELL BERRY

Book ID/图书代码： 07633017C00041

English Summary/英文概要： Wendell Berry is ’something of an anachronism’. He began his life as the old times and the last of the old-time people were dying out, and continues to this day in the old ways: a team of work horses and a pencil are his preferred working tools. The writings gathered in The World-Ending Fire are the unique product of a life spent farming the fields of rural Kentucky with mules and horses, and of the rich, intimate knowledge of the land cultivated by this work. These are essays written in defiance of the false call to progress, and in defence of the local landscapes that provide our cultural heritage, our history, our home.

In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out to defend the land we live on. With grace and conviction, he shows that we simply cannot afford to succumb to the mass-produced madness that drives our global economy. The natural world will not withstand it.

Yet he also shares with us a vision of consolation and of hope. We may be locked in an uneven struggle, but we can and must begin to treat our land, our neighbours, and ourselves with respect and care. We must, as Berry urges, abandon arrogance and stand in awe.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 温德尔•贝里是“时代的错误”。他以旧时代开始了他的生活，而最后的老人们也渐渐死去，并以旧的方式继续着这一天:一组工作的马和一支铅笔是他最喜欢的工作工具。在这场世界末日的大火中，所写的作品是一种独特的生活方式，它是用骡子和马在肯塔基州的农村土地上种植的，也是通过这项工作所培育的土地的丰富、亲密的知识。这些文章是不顾对进步的错误号召而写的，为保护我们的文化遗产、我们的历史、我们的家园的当地风景而写的。

在我们与自然世界的关系被暴力和贪婪的消费主义所统治的时代，温德尔•贝里说要捍卫我们所生活的土地。带着优雅和坚定的信念，他表明，我们不能屈服于大规模生产的疯狂，而这种疯狂驱动着我们的全球经济。自然世界将无法承受它。

然而，他也与我们分享了一种安慰和希望的愿景。我们可能会陷入一场不平等的斗争，但我们可以而且必须开始尊重我们的土地、邻居和我们自己，尊重和关心我们。正如贝里所督促的那样，我们必须放弃傲慢，站在敬畏的立场上。（WYL）

Awards/获奖情况：引人注目的,发光的……我们的现代梭罗。他不像今天的其他人。他的写作至少和乔治奥威尔一样，对现代工业资本主义有一个紧急的信息。没有人会冒忽视他的风险。(安德鲁马尔新政治家)

这是对这片土地的精彩致敬。贝里的作品比以往任何时候都更有时间(劳拉•加梅斯金融时报)

这是美国第一次在这些岛屿上发表的文章，现在他终于上岸了，值得去了解他。在环境问题上，贝里用一根精确的笔在环境问题上做了过多的思考，用一只清晰的眼睛和一只手(爱尔兰时报)清除了所有的亲密共识。

这是一个在荒野中冷静而理智的人说话。我们会很好地听到他的声音(华盛顿邮报的世界)。

我的英雄。(詹姆斯•雷班思，牧羊人的生活一书的作者)

我们这一天伟大的道德随笔作家。(纽约书评)

贝里惊人的挑衅文章……以诚实和温柔(纽约时报书评)闪耀。

来自大师的煽动性的、令人作呕的散文(柯克斯评论)

Compelling, luminous ... our modern-day Thoreau. He is unlike anybody else writing today. He writes at least as well as George Orwell and has an urgent message for modern industrial capitalism ... nobody can risk ignoring him (Andrew Marr New Statesman)

A fascinating tribute to the life of the land ... Berry’s writings are timelier than ever (Laura Garmeson Financial Times)

This collection sees the American published on these islands for the first time, and now he has finally stepped ashore, it’s worth getting to know him ... Berry overturns plenty of thoughtful topsoil on environmental issues with a precise pen, and clears any thicket of cosy consensus with a clear eye and cutting hand (Irish Times)

Here is a human being speaking with calm and sanity out of the wilderness. We would do well to hear him (Washington Post Book World)

My hero (James Rebanks, author of ’The Shepherd’s Life’)

The great moral essayist of our day (New York Review of Books)

Berry’s marvellously provocative essays ... shine with honesty and tenderness (New York Times Book Review)

Provocative, pellucid prose from a master (Kirkus Reviews)

’Wendell Berry is the most important writer and thinker that you have (probably) never heard of. He is an American sage’ James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd’s Life

“Read [Berry] with pencil in hand, make notes and hope that somehow our country and the world will soon come to see the truth that is told here." ―New York Times

"The rarest (and highest) of literary classes consist of that small group of authors who are absolutely inimitable… One of the half-dozen living American authors who belongs in this class is Wendell Berry." ―Los Angeles Times

KLEINWORKS Agency

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So many of you have asked to see THE WORLD-ENDING FIRE (publishing May 2018) as soon as possible, I’m sharing a manuscript that’s a little wonky (no front matter) but accurate. I also attach Paul Kingsnorth’s marvelous introduction to the UK edition. NO translation rights to this intro through me, only through Penguin, but a publisher may want to consider finding the right local voice for a foreword.

A new volume of Berry essays published yesterday, called THE ART OF LOADING BRUSH: New Agrarian Writings It’s an energetic mix of energetic mix of essays and stories, and The Paris Review loves it. I’m happy to get that to you if you like, as well.

About the Author/作者介绍： “一个农民，一个艺术家，”温德尔•贝里是50多本诗集、小说和散文的作者。他还获得了来自根根海姆、l安南、洛克菲勒基金会和国家艺术基金会的奖学金，还有t.s艾略特奖，这是清洁布鲁克斯终身成就奖的奖章，以及国家人文奖章。在40多年的时间里，他在他的家乡亨利国家，和他的妻子，塔尼亚，以及他们的孩子和孙子们一起生活和耕种。

保罗•金斯诺斯是一个小说家、思想家和黑暗山项目的联合创始人。他的书包括一个不，许多是对的，是醒的，最近的是野兽。他住在爱尔兰西部。

’A farmer of sorts and an artist of sorts,’ Wendell Berry is the author of more than fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim, Lannan, and Rockefeller foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts, and also the T. S. Eliot Award, the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement, and the National Humanities Medal. For more than forty years, he has lived and farmed in his native Henry Country, KY, with his wife, Tanya, and their children and grandchildren.

Paul Kingsnorth is a novelist, thinker and co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project. His books include One No, Many Yeses, The Wake, and, most recently, Beast. He lives in the west of Ireland.

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