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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I read the Cowboy short story for a class and read the others for context. Definitely not my kind of writer, unfortunately. ( ) Thomas McGuane is one of my favorite short story writers, and favorite writers in general. His novels are superb, but in the confines of a story, he's at his best. This is a typically strong collection. Aliens is the stunningly depressing tale of familial miscommunication and plain bad feelings. Miracle Boy is another dysfunctional family story, but funnier and easier to take. A couple of stories feature John Briggs, a Yale educated, world traveling "independent negotiator" in Montana who deals with an alcoholic girl and her father in one story and a white-collar fugitive friend from college in the other. In The Refugee, a former smuggler of Cuban refugees in the midst of an existential crisis leaves his job managing citrus groves, "a working alcoholic," and sails to Key West to consult a now old woman who used to mentor him and other young Key West seeker/vagrants in years past. It doesn't pan out and he sets off on a sailing cure, which also doesn't really work out. I read McGuane's first three novels back in the seventies, then nothing for years, until I ran across his essay collection, SOME HORSES, several years back, which I enjoyed tremendously. His GALLATIN CANYON stories were a pleasant diversion and went down easy for the most part, although "Refugee" got tedious, so I didn't finish that one. My personal favorite was "Cowboy," about an ex-con who finds a kind of home on a ranch run by two old siblings, a crusty old bachelor and his even crustier sister. It contained some of the same charm and humor I'd enjoyed in his essays of ranch life. If you're a McGuane fan, you'll like these stories. I did. Very highly recommended. - Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
The stories of Gallatin Canyon are rich in the wit, compassion, and matchless language for which Thomas McGuane is celebrated.Place exerts the power of destiny in these tales: a boy makes a surprising discovery skating at night on Lake Michigan; an Irish clan in Massachusetts gather around their dying matriarch; a battered survivor of the glory days of Key West washes up on other shores. Several of the stories unfold in Big Sky country: a father tries to buy his adult son's way out of virginity; a convict turns cowhand on a ranch; a couple makes a fateful drive through a perilous gorge. McGuane's people are seekers, beguiled by the land's beauty and myth, compelled by the fantasy of what a locale can offer, forced to reconcile dream and truth. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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