Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Cover of the 1998 paperback edition
Author Annie Dillard
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Nonfiction
Publisher Harper's Magazine Press
Publication date 1974
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 271
ISBN ISBN 0061219800 (1st edition)
ISBN 0060953020 (1998 paperback)

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a 1974 nonfiction narrative book by Annie Dillard. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975.

The book is about Dillard's experiences at Tinker Creek, which is located in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. In the book, Dillard records observations and thoughts on solitude, writing, religion, and the flora and fauna. Dillard has described it as a "book of theology". It is analogous in design and genre to Henry David Thoreau's Walden or Life in the Woods, based on his observations in a Massachusetts forest.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is often described as a series of essays; however, Dillard has insisted that it is a continuous work, as evidenced by her references to events from previous chapters as the narrative progresses. [1]

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