English Creek - Couverture rigide

Doig, Ivan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0689114788 ISBN 13 : 9780689114786

Editeur : Scribner, 1984

Synopsis

Book by Doig

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this prizewinning portrait of a time and place -- Montana in the 1930s -- that at once inspires and fulfills a longing for an explicable past, Ivan Doig has created one of the most captivating families in American fiction, the McCaskills.
The witty and haunting narration, a masterpiece of vernacular in the tradition of Twain, follows the events of the Two Medicine country's summer: the tide of sheep moving into the high country, the capering Fourth of July rodeo and community dance, and an end-of-August forest fire high in the Rockies that brings the book, as well as the McCaskill family's struggle within itself, to a stunning climax. It is a season of escapade as well as drama, during which fourteen-year-old Jick comes of age. Through his eyes we see those nearest and dearest to him at a turning point -- "where all four of our lives made their bend" -- and discover along with him his own connection to the land, to history, and to the deep-fathomed mysteries of one's kin and one's self.

Revue de presse

"Commonly compared with Paul Horgan and Wallace Stegner...Doig seems something else. A truer comparison might be with Robert Louis Stevenson because of Doig's magical welding of history into fiction, of adventure with everyday life, of legend with lore."
-- The Washington Post

"Here is the real Montana, the real West, through the eyes of a real writer."
-- Wallace Stegner

"Sheer magic...simply a national treasure."
-- USA Today

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribner
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0689114788
• ISBN 13: 9780689114786
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible