"This book is the "Desert Solitaire of water."--Jim Harrison
"Original, skillful, and funny as hell."--Ian Frazier
""My Story as told by Water "is the real McCoy, vivid and important, full of urgent news about living on earth."--Thomas McGuane
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Höhe: 232 mm
Breite: 153 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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978-1-57805-083-3 (9781578050833)
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David James Duncan is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship and is a National Book Award finalist for My Story as Told by Water. Best known for his two best-selling novels, The River Why and The Brothers K--both received the Pacific Northwest Booksellers award. The Brothers K was a New York Times Notable Book in 1992 and won a Best Books Award from the American Library Association.
WONDER VERSUS LOSS 1. Valmiki's Palm 2. Birdwatching as a Blood Sport 3. The Non Sense of Place 4. Tilt 5. Who Owns the West?: Seven Wrong Answers 6. Six Henry Stories ACTIVISM 7. Native 8. Lake of the Stone Mother 9. The War for Norman's River 10. The 1872 Knee-Mining Act & Your Exciting Financial Future! 11. Beauty/Violence/Grief/Frenzy/Love: On the Contemplative Versus the Activist Life 12. A Prayer for the Salmon's Second Coming 13. River Soldiers 14. Strategic Withdrawal FISHING THE INSIDE PASSAGE 15. Idiot Joy 16. In Praise of No Guide 17. Estuary from an Afterlife 18. Fearless Leader 19. Khawaja Khadir 20. god 21. Spirit-Fried No-Name River Brown Trout: A Recipe Appendix: "The Lives of Tuan Mac Cairill" About the Photographs Acknowledgments
