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Following a nervous breakdown, Elwyn Farmer finds stability and broad insight by keeping a journal of his insect sightings--an endeavor that also reveals a great deal about his family and himself
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In a series of spare, often lyrical vignettes spanning the years from 1945 to 1984, a Minnesota chemist and amateur entomologist, recovering from a nervous breakdown, records obliquely the circumstances of his life.
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Still Life With Insects (A Graywolf Discovery)
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Still Life With Insects; I Know Many Songs But I Cannot Sing
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