For a little while : new and selected stories / Rick Bass.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Pushkin Press, 2017Description: 470 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781782273042
- 1782273042
- Short stories. Selections
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | BASS | 1 | Available | T00617511 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Long considered one of the most gifted practitioners of the short story, Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of the human heart. Now, at last, we have the definitive collection of stories.
Wild horses -- In Ruth's country -- Redfish -- Watch -- Legend of Pig-Eye -- History of Rodney -- Fires -- Field events -- Hermit's story -- Fireman -- Swans -- Elk -- Pagans -- Canoeists -- Goats -- Her first elk -- Titan -- Lives of rocks -- How she remembers it -- Blue tree -- Lease hound -- River in winter -- Coach -- Alcoholic's guide to Peru and Chile -- Fish story.
Rick Bass is unparalleled in his ability to evoke the enduring truths of the human heart amid astonishing portraits of wilderness both within and without. In his world we encounter larger-than-life characters--a couple that escapes from a sudden blizzard by traversing a frozen lakebeneath the ice, or a young boxer who flees from a charging horse as a means of training for bar fights--each attempting to triumph against fate and time, in rugged landscapes that both save and destroy. These stories, filled with magic, beauty, and grandeur, are crafted with an artist's eye for detail. Together they present an iconic American writer at his peak, and form the landmark Rick Bass book that every fiction reader must have.
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