Cory's Pick
The Solace of Open Spaces
Written by Gretel Ehrlich
WYOMING PS 3555 H72 Z476 1985
Ehrlich's Solace is a tender and honest portrait of life in Wyoming. The characters are real and her descriptions of the landscape are memorable. This excerpt covers her experience of winter:
"Winter is smooth-skulled, and all our skids on black ice are cerebral. While we begin to feel cabin feverish, the brain pistons thump against bone and mind interrupts- literally invading itself- unable to get fresh air. With the songbirds gone only scavengers are left: magpies, crows, eagles. As they pick on road-killed deer we humans are apt to practice the same small cruelties on each other."
Ehrlich's Solace is a tender and honest portrait of life in Wyoming. The characters are real and her descriptions of the landscape are memorable. This excerpt covers her experience of winter:
"Winter is smooth-skulled, and all our skids on black ice are cerebral. While we begin to feel cabin feverish, the brain pistons thump against bone and mind interrupts- literally invading itself- unable to get fresh air. With the songbirds gone only scavengers are left: magpies, crows, eagles. As they pick on road-killed deer we humans are apt to practice the same small cruelties on each other."
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