Pulitzer Prize General Non Fiction Winner

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

by Annie Dillard

Summary

A series of meditative essays on the natural world, biology, and spirituality, based on a year of observations in Virginia's Roanoke Valley.

Historical Context & Significance

Often compared to Thoreau's "Walden," Dillard's prose is noted for its "theological" intensity and its scientific curiosity regarding the "extravagance" of nature.