| Yonder: Life on the Far Side of Change Contributor(s): Corder, Jim W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820338036 ISBN-13: 9780820338033 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.69 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Merging cultural commentary and intense introspection, Yonder is a remarkable meditation on change, memory, nostalgia, and the modern condition. A contrapuntal mix of contemporary history and the events of the author's personal life, Yonder portrays and ponders a world delivered from the pieties and hierarchies of the past yet incapacitated by the dizzying excess of new connotations and perspectives, choices and possibilities. Yonder is about Corder's struggle for a footing against nostalgia's pull. In a kind of nonlinear, semi random sorting process reflected in the book's structure, Corder turns inward to refocus hazy memories and estimate and shoulder his responsibilities for the turns his life has taken. These events are juxtaposed against the momentous changes of his generation, drawing universal truths from the offhand and obscure, discerning pitch and tone in the white noise. |
Contributor Bio(s): Corder, Jim W.: - JIM W. CORDER (1929-1998) was an English professor at Texas Christian University. He is the author of numerous books includingHunting Lieutenant Chadbourne (Georgia), Chronicle of a Small Town, and Lost in West Texas. Texas Christian University created the Corder Fellowship in his honor. |
