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27 ratings, 3.89 average rating, 4 reviews
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published
November 20th 1978
by Viking Adult
binding
Hardcover, 205 pages
isbn
0670761311
(isbn13: 9780670761319)
description
The stories of Where the Rivers Flow North are "superior work, rich in texture and character," says the Wall Street Journal; "the novel...more
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Powerful book- especially the title story Where the Rivers Flow North- which is a Novella- and one called Kingdom County Come. Powerful is all I can think of to describe this book. There's history in the stories- some are period pieces delving back to late 19th early 20th century- but they don't read like they're from the past- just from a different time- or a parallel time. The characters where alive. I was there. I could see and smell the woods. My only complaint is that I had a hard ti...more
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Read in October, 1997
The short stories found herein are amongst the most starkly beautiful I've ever read. The novella does not measure up to that high standard, but even with its occasional dryness it also is rather good. What I liked most about these stories is their honesty, they don't flinch, not even at their conclusions. This honesty is a sort of love, for the characters never leave Northeast Vermont, they don't make of their lives what they are not.
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Read in January, 1999
I first read this book because the Horseflies wrote the music for the movie made from this book. All the books by Howard Frank Mosher, about life in northern Vermont, are well worth it.
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Read in December, 2007
Deft, intelligent, character-driven short stories. Didn't make it to the novella part...
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