The World-Ending Fire

The Essential Wendell Berry

By: Wendell Berry

Narrated by: Nick Offerman

In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient essays, drawn from his 50-year campaign on behalf of American lands and communities.

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 defense of local landscapes, essays that celebrate our cultural heritage, our history, and our home.

With grace and conviction, Wendell Berry shows that we simply cannot afford to succumb to the mass-produced madness that drives our global economy - the natural world will not allow 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 neighbors, and ourselves with respect and care. As Berry urges, we must abandon arrogance and stand in awe.

©2018 Wendell Berry (P)2020 Recorded Books

Amazing in everyway

Great narrative
great voice
s great literature
make Wendell berry a saint, a hero for us commoners.

This book should be the foundation of our school system

Absolutely wonderful and a description of what the future should be and what is the underlying fault with current civilization

How have I never Mr. Berry??

Brilliant beautiful poetic writing, and more timely than ever. The perfectl recording madw all the more enjoyable by Nick Offerman.

The truth

This should be essential reading for all human beings. Our lives are dependent on more people understanding how we hang in the current imbalance.

Superb essays by Berry

While I own a physical copy of this book, this audio edition was more accessible to me in my daily work.

The essays, varied in both subject matter, and in original publication date, are superb, interesting, entertaining, and very well read by Nick Offerman.