The Hermit's Story: StoriesThe Hermit’s Story is Rick Bass's best and most varied fiction yet. In the title story, a man and a woman travel across an eerily frozen lake—under the ice. “The Distance” casts a skeptical eye on Thomas Jefferson through the lens of a Montana man’s visit to Monticello. “Eating” begins with an owl being sucked into a canoe and ends with a man eating a town out of house and home, and “The Cave” is a stunning story of a man and woman lost in an abandoned mine. Other stories include “The Fireman,” “Swans,” “The Prisoners,” “Presidents’ Day,” “Real Town,” and “Two Deer.” Some of these stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories, but for many readers, they won’t even be the best in this collection. Every story in this book is remarkable in its own way, sure to please both new readers and avid fans of Rick Bass’s passionate, unmistakable voice. |
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User Review - Jane Doe - KirkusMore tales on life lived at the cusp of wilderness from the prolific animal lover (Brown Dog of the Yaak, 1999, etc.).Bass's characters are never quite happy with the civilization they leave behind ... Read full review
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User Review - wvlibrarydude - LibraryThingI am beginning to think of Rick Bass as a new favorite author. The stories are mostly excellent. Language and imagery is crisp and clean, characters well developed, and stories land with a lot of ... Read full review
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| Title | The Hermit's Story: Stories |
| Author | Rick Bass |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0547346689, 9780547346687 |
| Length | 192 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Short Stories (single author) |
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