Back Cast: Fly-fishing and Other Such Matters - Couverture souple

Metcalf, Jeff

 
9781607816126: Back Cast: Fly-fishing and Other Such Matters
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1607816121 ISBN 13 : 9781607816126
Editeur : University of Utah Press,U.S., 2018

Synopsis

A storyteller and avid fly fisherman, Jeff Metcalf is, for compelling personal reasons, an enhanced observer of the human condition, who finds himself often in the streams of the American West. Not only rivers run through his essays, his cancer does too. But so do camaraderie, adventures, reveling in nature and outdoor devotions, and the sheer bliss of focused engagement with the fish and the cast. Metcalf's keenly observed companions are river guides, small-town locals, academics, and other city folk, all like him among those who run to the river for solace and joy.

These essays are much more than fish stories; they reveal the community and communion of fishing and the bonds to place the author nurtured through it. Whether he recalls carousing and tale-swapping with friends or excellence found through the challenge of the cast, Metcalf's words, sometimes roiling and turbulent, sometimes calm and reflective, like a western river, vividly convey the pull of the steelhead and the fight for survival. Whether or not you fish, Metcalf's sharp-eyed, open and honest look at life will draw you in.

"These waters have been my home, and I fish them more than most. In truth, they have saved my life on more than a few occasions. I seek refuge in the quiet solitude of rivers, and in dark hours of my life--including this particular year--I need desperately to be fly-fishing." --From the book

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À propos de l'auteur

Jeff Metcalf is a professor of English at the University of Utah and has been the recipient of numerous awards. His fiction and essays have appeared in local and national magazines and his most recent play, A Slight Discomfort, has been widely staged in both the United States and Europe. His first collection of essays, Requiem for the Living, was the winner of the 2012 Utah Division of Arts and Museums Original Writing Competition.

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Éditeur
University of Utah Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1607816121
ISBN 13 
9781607816126
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
194
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Personne responsable
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