Part political disquisition, part travel journal, part self-exploration, Seek is a collection of essays and articles in which Denis Johnson essentially takes on the world.
If the path to knowledge lies in experience, Seek is a fascinating record of Johnson\'s profoundly moving pilgrimage..
And, as readers of his previous work know, Johnson\'s path to consecration frequently requires a limning of the darkest abyss.
With the breathtaking and often haunting lyricism for which his work is renowned, Johnson considers in these pieces our need for transcendence.
Whether traveling through war-ravaged Liberia, mingling with the crowds at a Christian Biker rally, exploring his own authority issues through the lens of this nation\'s militia groups, or attempting to unearth his inner resources while mining for gold in the wilds of Alaska, Johnson writes with a mixture of humility and humorous candor that is everywhere present.
A world of such wild, rocketing energy that, grasping it, anything at all is possible.
Where violence and poverty and moral transgression go unchecked, even unnoticed.
And not an obliging, easygoing world either; but rather one in which horror and beauty exist in such proximity that they might well be interchangeable.
Part political disquisition, part travel journal, part self-exploration, Seek is a collection of essays and articles in which Denis Johnson essentially takes on the world
