The Sunny Top of California: Sierra Nevada Poems & a Story

Poetry. "The poems in THE SUNNY TOP OF CALIFORNIA are virtually all from the long, high, almost invisible from outside, California Sierra Nevada. Many of them show the influence of classical Chinese poetry and a bit of Han Shan, the 'Cold Mountain' poet. Even so they all have Schaefer's own stamp. They are physical, muscular, gritty, and full of fresh air. I know of nobody else who catches the feel of the high country rocks, trails, and winds, with the immediacy that Norman does. Some are at night, cold, and hungry, but they are always quietly joyful"—Gary Snyder.