# About This Life

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- Book: [About This Life](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-lopez/about-this-life) ([About This Life.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-lopez/about-this-life.md))
- Authors: [Barry Lopez](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-lopez)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9954-615-3
- Pages: 275
- Published: 2009-08-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Once, when asked for advice on how to become a writer, Lopez found himself replying: " Read. Find out what you truly believe. Get away from the familiar." This collection of essays stems directly from that philosophy. Here is far-flung travel (the beauty of remote Hokkaido Island, the over-explored Galápagos, enigmatic Bonaire); a naturalist's concerns (for endangered communities as well as their land) and pure adventure. Here, too, are seven exquisite memory pieces; beautiful, meditative recollections that will stand as classic examples of the personal essay.