It sounds impossible but for all its horrors, there is little that is lurid about the writing in Pity the Beast. Her characters may amuse themselves with flights of philosophizing, but mostly they bicker, wisecrack and daydream, their behavior-crude but engaging, and often even endearing-so grippingly at odds with their drift into savagery. McCarthy is grandiose and portentous, Ms. ‘Promotional material has likened Pity the Beast to Cormac McCarthy and there is a resemblance, particularly with the Judge’s insane pursuit of the Kid in Blood Meridian. ‘ ambitious and innovative narrative moves through time, space and myth in order to explore a larger philosophical canvas beyond the immediate drama.’ Sam Sacks
It’s a worthy successor to William Faulkner and Toni Morrison, and the rare book that creates more space for later writers to work in.’ Fanny Blake The crux of this review is that Pity the Beast is a work of crazy brilliance.
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‘ full of casually perfect writing, especially about animals and nature. Number of pages: 384 Reviews Sandra Newman It urges us to write our stories anew-if we want to avoid becoming beasts ourselves. It is a novel that turns our assumptions about the West, masculinity, good and evil, and the nature of storytelling onto their heads, with an eye to the cosmic as well as the comic. With detours through time, space, myth, and into the minds of a pack of philosophical mules, Pity the Beast heralds the arrival of a major new force in American letters. With a stolen horse and rifle, she escapes into the mountains, and a small posse of her tormentors gears up to give chase-to bring her home and beg forgiveness, or to make sure she disappears for good? When a crowd of locals-including Ginny’s bitter sister Ella-turn up to help out on the farm, a day of chores turns into a night of serious drinking, and then of brutal, communal retribution. In the matter-of-fact here and now, though, it’s a hotbed of lust and resentment, because Ginny’s just cheated on her husband with the man who lives next door. A thousand years hence, it’ll all be peacefully underwater. Here are the true stories behind the beloved characters fictionalized in A River Runs Through It, including the Reverend Maclean, the patriarch who introduced the family to fishing Norman, who balanced a life divided between literature and the tug of the rugged West and tragic yet luminous Paul (played by Brad Pitt in Robert Redford’s film adaptation), whose mysterious death has haunted the family and led John to investigate his uncle’s murder and reveal new details in these pages.Ī universal story about the power of place to shape families, and a celebration of the art of fishing, Maclean’s memoir beautifully portrays the inextricable ways our personal histories are linked to the places we come from-our home waters.Millennia ago, Ginny’s family farm was all grass and rock and wild horses. When he hooks it at last, decades of longing promise to be fulfilled, inspiring John, reporter and author, to finally write the story he was born to tell.Ī book that will resonate with everyone who feels deeply rooted to a place, Home Waters is chronicle of a family who claimed a river, from one generation to the next, of how this family came of age in the 20th century and later as they scattered across the country, faced tragedy and success, yet were always drawn back to the waters that bound them together. Now himself past the age that his father published his bestselling novella, Maclean returns annually to the simple family cabin that his grandfather built by hand, still in search of the fish of a lifetime. Maclean's remarkable memoir of his family's century-long love affair with Montana's majestic Blackfoot River, which his father, Norman Maclean, made legendary.
One slow beat, set the hook … in those first seconds I felt a connection to a fish of great size and power." A greenish speckled back and a flash of scarlet on silver along its side marked it as a rainbow. “The trout completed its curve in an undulating, revelatory sequence. Maclean’s meditation on fly fishing and life along Montana's Blackfoot River, where four generations of Macleans have fished, bonded, and drawn timeless lessons from its storied waters.
In the spirit of his father's beloved classic A River Runs Through It comes a gorgeous chronicle of a family and the land they call home: Home Waters is John N. Winner of The MONTANA BOOK AWARD - HONOR AWARD WINNER OF AFFTA 2022 - BEST IN ENTERTAINMENT/EDUCATION Home Waters
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