Autumn: A New England Journey [Paperback]

Ferenc Máté (Photographer), Candace Máté (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2001

"[I]nspiring....nostalgic, evoking a sense of home."—The Los Angeles Times

Few things stir the American heart so indefinably as the moods of autumn in New England. And no other region has yielded poets and writers more consistent in touching our emotions. Autumn: A New England Journey has become part of our perennial celebration of both nature and literature at their festive best. With dazzling new photographs and a new cover, this reissue of one of New England's most beloved books is more spectacular than ever. Ninety color photographs, by turn meditative and passionate, capture New England's fiery colors and pastoral tranquillity, and are brought to life by Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, E. E. Cummings, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and many more. To help us on our journey, a fourteen-page guide presents maps, excursions, and descriptions of the most beautiful sights. 92 full color plates; 6 maps.

Editorial Reviews

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“No pictorial book has evoked the kind of emotions that this work did. To the Mátés, a profound bow.” (Richard M Steel - North Shore Review )

From the Publisher

The perfect book for lovers of nature and literature. One of New England's most-beloved books, Autumn is an homage to nature at her colorful, most-festive best. It is a meditative and passionate journey, a visual and literary feast for everyone who loves New England's fiery autumn colors, rustic charm, pastoral tranquility, and tradition of excellent writing. From brooding, shadowed waterfalls to blazing leaves under the morning dew, the ninety full-color photographs capture the infinite moods of New England's most magnificent, most pensive season. The photographs are brought to life by the timeless works of some of America's finest and wisest writers: Frost, Dickinson, Thoreau, Emerson, E.E. Cummings, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and many more. The Los Angeles Times called the photographs "inspiring" and the writing "nostalgic, evoking a sense of home", while reviewer Richard M. Steele said: "No pictorial book has evoked the kind of emotions that this work did. To the Mátés, a profound bow."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Albatross (August 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0920256279
• ISBN-13: 978-0920256275
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,379,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best therapy for a hot Texas day, July 13, 2005

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Shannon Hopps "winter27" (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Autumn: A New England Journey (Paperback)

I've never had the pleasure of going to New England during autumn but I desperatly wish to and after enjoying a book like this, the ache is only worse! This is a lovely book to own and browse whenever the hunger for the color of fall leaves, the long stretch of early evening shadows and the smell of buring wood seems far, far away. We have no where near as sectacular (or long) of an autumn in Texas but that doesn't keep many of us from respecting and longing for this most reflective and moody of all seasons. This book captures so much of the romantic, misty images with common and comfortable pictures. This with the beautiful works of great writers including (in my own opinion) the greatest, Robert Frost, make this book a joy. As I write this, it's summer in Texas and near 100. I'm going to crank the A/C down and make a cup of cider....

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good... but suffers from an inherent flaw, November 6, 2002

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R. Shumskis "highlandbob" (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Autumn: A New England Journey (Paperback)

This is indeed a beautiful book. It was originally published in 1988 and re-published last year. But the photos look like they could've been taken last week. There are 90 photos taken throughout New England (mostly in Northern N.E., it seems) and they vary from woodland landscapes to bayside scenes, and a variety of sorts in between. It's nice to see a little diversity because, believe or not, looking at a book full of Autumn landscapes could actually be somewhat monotonous.

I enjoyed some of the poetry/writings, such as that from Emerson, Thoreau, and Frost, but I didn't take much from the likes of Emily Dickinson and E.A. Robinson. But I'm not a big fan of poetry to begin with.

The "flaw" that I alluded to is something I think any photographic book like this gets nailed with: the pictures are exciting to look at a limited number of times. So maybe you only pull this book off the shelf a couple times a year to browse through and reflect on the joys of the best time of year -- like maybe after a hot Summer day.

All in all they did some good work, even putting together a rudimentary tour guide that points out some viewing hotspots in each N.E. state.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Memories in U.S., June 5, 2000

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Takuya Miura (Ashiya, Japan (formally Boston MA)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Autumn: A New England Journey (Paperback)

I spent two years in Boston and I was surprised at the beauty of New England especially in autumn. This book always reminds me of sweet memories in Boston and beautiful foliage in New England.