7 Days and Nights in the Desert (Tracing the Origin)

Author: Sabrina Dalla Valle

Publisher: Kelsey Street Press (2013)

Composed in a hybrid form that braids personal narrative with philosophical reflections, 7 Days and Nights in the Desert (Tracing the Origin) by Sabrina Dalla Valle ponders the complexities of human communication and perception by time-traveling from the historical present to the ancient past through the reverberating voices of the oldest known thinkers. Along the way, it reaches out to mirrored existences that are as fathomless as the infinitesimal connections between our cells. In her desert journal, philosopher’s notes take the form of old chants and tales that emerge anew as thought-scapes embodying a timeless ritual of gazing at the gods.