Gallatin Canyon: Stories
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Содержание:
The Wandering Prince, A Health Unto His Majesty, Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord
Описание:
A superb collection of stories—his first in twenty years—from one of our most acclaimed literary figures, whom The New York Times Book Review has called “a writer of the first magnitude.” A A A A A A A A A A A Place exerts the power of destiny in these ten stories of lives uncannily recognizable and unforgettably strange:A a boy makes a surprising discovery skating at night on Lake Michigan; an Irish clan in Massachusetts gather at the bedside of 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, McGuane’s signature landscape:A a father tries to buy his adult son out of virginity; a convict turned cowhand finds refuge at a ranch in ruination; a couple makes a fateful drive through the perilous gorge of the title story before parting ways. McGuane’s people are seekers, beguiled by the land’s beauty and myth, compelled by the...Похожие книги
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