The Height of Land
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| Author | M.C. Benner Dixon |
“Book Descriptions: A violent storm sends the villagers of Chert River fleeing for their lives, but Red stays, convinced that the storm was not just a storm but a god returned from exile and come in search for him. And he wants to be found. Standing alone amidst his drowned and rotting crops, Red pleads with the destroying god, “Come back.”
THE HEIGHT OF LAND follows the quest of a young man in the distant future, torn between spiritual longing and commitment to his community’s survival in a harsh landscape. Red sacrifices everything to study the long-lost words of the gods. What he does not know is that he is reading the poetry of Lucille Clifton, Ḥáfiẓ, and Walt Whitman, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible, and the Tao Te Ching. In a world reborn from catastrophe, these ancient texts take on new meanings.
In his quest to find the gods, Red encounters outlaws, skeptics, and true believers. His questions drive him onward. Have the gods truly abandoned the earth, or just Red? What kind of answer can he receive when he has lost the words to ask?”
