Time to Gather Stones Essays

"In the five essays in this conscientiously translated book, the 60-year-old Moscow writer ruminates on what is rapidly becoming a favorite theme of writers everywhere: the disappearance of beauty from the earth. He argues that humans, whose technological advances have allowed them to reach the most unspoiled places in a matter of hours, have, by indulging in a 'bacchanalia of accessibility,' ruined their delicate relationship with nature."Soloukin, Vladimir is the author of 'Time to Gather Stones Essays', published 1993 under ISBN 9780810111271 and ISBN 0810111276.