The world-ending fire - Wendell Berry

'He is unlike anybody else writing today ... After Donald Trump's election, we urgently need to rediscover the best of radical America. An essential part of that story is Wendell Berry. Few of us can live, or even aspire to, his kind of life. But nobody can risk ignoring him' Andrew Marr

'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

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.