Tradotto per la prima volta in Italia, La terra delle piogge rare è un autentico canto d'amore dedicato alla natura. I quattordici scritti che lo compongono ritraggono la terra e gli abitanti delle regioni desertiche della Sierra californiana, e lo rendono uno dei classici della narrativa naturalistica statunitense. Con una prosa sobria ma evocativa, Austin trasporta il lettore nei profondi recessi di quelle terre selvagge, dimostrando una raffinata conoscenza della flora e della fauna che...

For a graphic and memorable report of the contours of any country, see always the aboriginal account of its making. That will give you the lie of the land as no geographer could sketch it forth for you. California was made by Padahoon the Sparrow-Hawk and the Little Duck, who brooded on the face of the waters in the Beginning of Things. There is no knowing where the tale comes from, for Winnenap the Medicine-Man who told it to me, was eclectic in his faiths as in his practice. Winnenap was...

This is the nature of that country. There are hills, rounded, blunt, burned, squeezed up out of chaos, chrome and vermilion painted, aspiring to the snow-line. Between the hills lie high level-looking plains full of intolerable sun glare, or narrow valleys drowned in a blue haze. The hill surface is streaked with ash drift and black, unweathered lava flows. After rains water accumulates in the hollows of small closed valleys, and, evaporating, leaves hard dry levels of pure desertness that...

The Land of Little Rain is describing about the fauna, flora and people, as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of Southern California.

In "The Land of Little Rain," Mary Hunter Austin captivates readers with a lyrical exploration of the arid landscapes of the American Southwest. This collection of interconnected essays exudes a keen sense of place, immersing the audience in the stark beauty and vibrant life of regions such as the Mojave Desert and the Sierra Nevada. Austin employs a rich, impressionistic literary style that reflects her deep appreciation for nature, presenting her observations with both poetic elegance an...

California - The Land of the Sun by Mary Hunter AustinFor a graphic and memorable report of the contours of any country, see always the aboriginal account of its making. That will give you the lie of the land as no geographer could sketch it forth for you. California was made by Padahoon the Sparrow-Hawk and the Little Duck, who brooded on the face of the waters in the Beginning of Things.There is no knowing where the tale comes from, for Winnenap the Medicine-Man who told ...

Mehr als ein Jahrzehnt erkundete Mary Hunter Austin das Gebiet, das sie, nach seinem indianischen Namen, »Land of Little Rain« nannte und dem sie schließlich ihr erstes Buch widmete – geschrieben hat sie es in einem Monat, wie sie sagte. 1903 erstmals erschienen, hat es bis heute nichts von seiner Faszination und Leuchtkraft verloren. Reiseerzählung, Landschaftsbeschreibung, Memoir, ethnografischer Bericht – das Buch hat zahlreiche Facetten, ist aber vor allem ein literarisches Dokument de...

In her evocative novel "A Woman of Genius," Mary Hunter Austin explores the intricate tapestry of creativity, gender, and societal expectations through the lens of her compelling protagonist, a struggling artist in early 20th-century America. Austin employs a rich, lyrical prose style that captures both the beauty and the constraints of her character's world, immersing readers in the psychological and emotional depths of her journey. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing societ...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Mary Austin which are A Woman of Genius and The Lovely Lady. Mary Austin was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, describing the fauna, flora and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High...

THE first time of my hearing of her was at Temblor. We had come all one day between blunt whitish bluffs rising from mirage water, with a thick pale wake of dust billowing from the wheels, all the dead wall of the foothills sliding and shimmering with heat, to learn that the Walking Woman had passed us somewhere in the dizzying dimness, going down to the Tulares on her own feet. We heard of her again in the Carrisal, and again at Adobe Station, where she had passed a week before the sheari...

In the region stretching from the High Sierras south of Yosemite to the Mojave Desert, water is scarce and empty riverbeds hint at a lush landscape that has long since vanished. But the desert is far from lifeless. For those who know where to look, the "land of little rain" is awash in wonders. In this exquisite meditation on the people, flora, and fauna of the American desert, Mary Austin introduces readers to the secret treasures of the landscape she loved above all others.

Mary Hunter Austin was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High Sierras and the Mojave Desert of southern California.