false<![CDATA[Gallatin Canyon: Stories]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170381337m/51597.jpg515973<p>A superb collection of stories—his first in twenty years—from one of our most acclaimed literary figures, whom <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> has called “a writer of the first magnitude.”<br><br> Place exerts the power of destiny in these ten stories of lives uncannily recognizable and unforgettably strange: 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 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 fantasy of what a locale can offer, forced to reconcile dream and truth. <br><br>The stories of <i>Gallatin Canyon</i> are alternately comical, dark, and poignant. Rich in the wit, compassion, and matchless language for which McGuane is celebrated, they are the work of a master.</p>782600472006Gallatin Canyon: Storiestotal:97|5:14|4:51|3:27|2:4|1:1|973641441833falsefalseSat Mar 29 18:32:15 -0700 2008Fri Apr 04 05:24:50 -0700 2008
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Thomas McGuane has been praised for his remarkable writing style, emotional depth, and close observations about the American West. This collection, full of edgy wit, irony, and bleak characters, received the same acclaim as his previous works, but critics agree that some stories are better than othe...more...]]>
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30falsefalseSat Dec 01 15:05:41 -0800 2007Sat Dec 01 15:06:42 -0800 2007 Favorite: "Cowboy," in which a farmhand condenses years of life on a ranch into 12 pages. A...more...]]>
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alice munro. she starts the love of a good woman with a car sinking in a river. he ends this book with one. he's funny and unpredictable, and i like the dependable ridiculousness of his characters.]]>
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