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Turn Around Time: A Walking Poem for the Pacific Northwest Hardcover – September 1, 2019

by Justin Gibbens (Illustrator), David Guterson (Introduction)
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2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards Most Outstanding Design Winner Most outdoor enthusiasts understand the phrase “turn around time” as that point in an adventure when you must cease heading out in order to have enough time to safely return to camp or home--regardless of whether you have reached your destination. For award-winning novelist David Guterson, it is also a metaphor for where we find ourselves in the middle of our lives, and his new narrative poem explores this idea through a lyrical journey along a trail, much like those in Washington’s mountain ranges he hiked while growing up.

Even outdoor-lovers who are not normally readers of poetry will relate to the physicality of hiking represented here, from endless trail switchbacks to foot and ankle pains. There is a fast-moving, propulsive quality to David’s writing, with lush language, vivid imagery, and pacing that resonates as a journey on foot. His words are brought further to life by the delicate yet mythical illustrations by award-winning artist Justin Gibbens.
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Turn Around Time, hiking, backpacking, outdoor poetry, nature poem, long form poem, trails
Turn Around Time, David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars, hiking, backpacking, nature poem

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“Turn around time” is an alpinist’s notion—that preplanned moment when, no matter what, it’s time to reverse course and head back. The principle acknowledges an unstoppable coming darkness and the prospect of tragic outcomes spurred by hubris; it mitigates against both; it commits to the prudent; it speaks against enticement; it wells up in the pit of the stomach when a summit makes its siren’s call. All this to say that it’s fundamentally rational. Many narratives of fatality compel it. There’s no small irony in the fact that turn around time gets established—or not—long before it’s needed. Our fate is laid down far in advance. Already, now, we’re dictating our futures. It can be too late very early, as it turns out.

- David Guterson, author

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Vivid, lyrical details enrich this narrative poem that celebrates time in the outdoors. -- Sara Kennedy ― The Seattle Times

Turn Around Time is a non-fiction testament to the beauty of being in Northwest wilderness, and it’s written in verse. If you’ve ever been stunned by the varieties of green available in one square foot of the rain forest out on the Olympic Peninsula, this is the book for you. ― Seattle Review of Books

[Turn Around Time] reads like a cerebral exercise in the outdoors, a poem not simply about hiking, but about the journey of life itself.... T.S. Eliot mixed with a tad of Walt Whitman and The Beats (the “poets of the peaks,” like Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder), poetry unafraid of big words and big thoughts, a rain forest or mountain range of ideas. -- Knute Berger ― Crosscut

[Turn Around Time offers] down-to-earth observations that celebrate aches and pains, solitude and companionship, and the privilege of participating in the journey. -- Barbara Lloyd McMichael ― The Seattle Times

Ultimately, this is a book to be read several times―not just at home, but on the trail as well (it's small enough to take on your next backcountry adventure). The poems will lead you to look more carefully at the nature around you, heightening your sense of the magic inherent in the wild. -- Sara Boon ― Alpinist

With beautiful, lyrical language, Guterson leads his readers through the woods and hills, pointing out the wondrous sights, warning readers of difficulties and hazards, reminding them of ways to find their way back, and sharing the joy along the way.... One needn’t be a hiker nor a reader of poetry to enjoy this metaphorical journey; one merely needs to love fine writing. -- Rosi Hollinbeck ― Tulsa Book Review

In his new book, renowned...author David Guterson pens a lyrical plea to appreciate and preserve our wilderness ― The Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine

There is a joy to the memories in these pages and a familiarity to me as someone who has hiked in the Northwest. I recommend a read. -- Claire Tenscher ― The Mazama Bulletin

About the Author

David Guterson is a novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for his award-winning debut novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, which won both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award. It has sold more than four million copies and was adapted as a major motion picture. He lives on Bainbridge Island near Seattle with his wife Robin. They have five children. Visit him on Facebook @davidgutersonauthor.

The work of artist Justin Gibbens is collected by individuals and institutions, including Washington Arts Consortium, Grinnell College, Microsoft, and the Tacoma Art Museum. He is represented by G. Gibson Gallery in Seattle and Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland and lives in Thorp, Washington. Visit him online at JustinGibbens.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mountaineers Books; First Edition (September 1, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 168051265X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1680512656
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches
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David Guterson is the author of 12 books, including the novel Snow Falling on Cedars, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and of the American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award. His writing has been celebrated for its atmospheric intensity, narrative drive, and probing exploration of fundamental human themes--love, death, meaning, and morality among them. Guterson's body of work includes 6 novels, 2 story collections, 2 works of non-fiction, and 2 books of poetry. He was born in Washington State and still lives there.

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Karen Friend
5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous!
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2019
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Ralph Clark
4.0 out of 5 stars Have a dictionary handy.
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2020
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The stories a quite entertaining.
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3.0 out of 5 stars PNW rooted....but
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2020
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Liked NW inclusion, some long-winded.
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Charles Bookman
4.0 out of 5 stars A Northwest Odyssey
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2019
A narrative poem rich with Northwest imagery and hard-earned insight into the mental condition of hikers, especially Northwest hikers. This slim volume by the author of "Snow Falling on Cedars": is handsomely illustrated with simple line drawings of Cascade and Olympic mountain scenes. Read more at bookmanreader.blogspot.com .
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Ken Pritchard
1.0 out of 5 stars Artificial and pretentious
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2019
Like much of his writing David Guterson is taken by the artifice of writing. In his prose writings, the storyline is compelling enough to absorb this weakness, but in his terse verse, it glares at you. Too bad! Turnaround Time juxtaposes the moment wise hikers and climbers decide it's time to turn around with the realization at mid-life or later, that much of life if behind us and it's time to contemplate what's left of it. But rather than reveal this wisdom with the humility it calls for, the verses hop and skip and fly at you with clever words few of us would use. In this respect Guterson is a kid at heart. "Look Mom, hands off the handlebar now!" Still a long ways to go before that turnaround epiphany. A shame though, his short stories in The Country Ahead of us, the Country Behind were so promising. Where did he take us next?; Well for us living in Western Washington, to all the familiar places. It was easy to identify with the books and overlook the manipulated characters and the novelist behind the curtain. I just hope this poetry collection will be just a single foray into verse.
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