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The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing
From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-Two in the Shade and Nothing but Blue Skies comes this collection of breathtakingly exquisite essays borne of a lifetime spent fishing.
The thirty-three essays in The Longest Silence take us from the tarpon of Florida to the salmon of Iceland, from the bonefish of Mexico to the trout of Montana. They bring us characters as varied a...more
The thirty-three essays in The Longest Silence take us from the tarpon of Florida to the salmon of Iceland, from the bonefish of Mexico to the trout of Montana. They bring us characters as varied a...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
June 26th 2001
by Vintage
(first published 1999)
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Great writing in the fly fishing genre.
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This is a series of stories about McGuane's experiences fishing. It's very similar to the Jim Harrison or Guy de la Valdene books about fishign and hunting that I also enjoyed, who also appear in the stories.
Well worth reading on a vacation, or in a deer stand just looking at animals and not really hunting as I did!
Well worth reading on a vacation, or in a deer stand just looking at animals and not really hunting as I did!
This is one of the great fishing/travel books of all time. Whether it will ever have a wide enough readership to be recognized as such is another matter.
This guy can describe the feeling in an angler's heart as he watches a bonefish approach a lure in the crystal blue water over shallow florida keys sands in a way that makes you feel like you have been there and done it yourself.
Treading the thin line between pretension and exquisite descrciptive prose, he draws the read...more
This guy can describe the feeling in an angler's heart as he watches a bonefish approach a lure in the crystal blue water over shallow florida keys sands in a way that makes you feel like you have been there and done it yourself.
Treading the thin line between pretension and exquisite descrciptive prose, he draws the read...more
It could be the best book ever written. It's about fishing. Every story! Oh and life, philosophy and stuff. But mainly fishing. If I know you and you haven't have been given this for christmas then I'm either about to or I don't like you.
This book was good. Thats about the easiest way to explain it. There is a central theme to this collection of short stories, and that theme is tied into the title of the book.
Honestly, I almost gave up reading the book after several of the saltwater fishing tales that were set against the backdrop of locales that I will never be lucky enough to venture into. However, McGuane's passion is translated through his writing, and I am glad I finished the entire collection of short stor...more
Honestly, I almost gave up reading the book after several of the saltwater fishing tales that were set against the backdrop of locales that I will never be lucky enough to venture into. However, McGuane's passion is translated through his writing, and I am glad I finished the entire collection of short stor...more
I don't think it's hyperbolic to say that McGuane is the best stylist of anyone in his field, and the book's worth the read for that aspect alone. The only flaw to me was that the book lacked urgency, in a way that sometimes was a patient reflective tone, and sometimes came across as a lack of intensity. I'm not sure what to ascribe it to, given how well McGuane handles everything, including the should-be-cliche topic of a fisherman through the seasons.
His pieces on permit fishing ar...more
His pieces on permit fishing ar...more
This is an awesome book, one of the great collections of fishing writing. If someone were planning to become an outdoor writer, they should try to pattern their work on these essays.
I've read twice. Well written but especially good if you're into fishing.
This is a great fishing/essay read. Thomas McGuane is a great writer.
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McGuane's grasp of the language is powerful, and his essays on a lifetime of fishing are both perceptive and powerful.
Truly this may be the best essay book on fly fishing ever written; everything from his time at Key West to his more contemporary existence on his Montana ranch falls under the scrutiny of his pen.
A brilliant piece of work -- and a great read for anyone interested in what the fly fishing life looks like.
Truly this may be the best essay book on fly fishing ever written; everything from his time at Key West to his more contemporary existence on his Montana ranch falls under the scrutiny of his pen.
A brilliant piece of work -- and a great read for anyone interested in what the fly fishing life looks like.
A series of outstanding essays about McGuane's sporting life, and evidence of why McGuane is one of my heroes...what other writer has such an interesting and fulfilling external life to match the one created by his or her heart and mind.
such a great book, this guy has a way with words and has lived such an amazing life, a kin to Jimmy Buffett but yet different. If you like fishing of any kind you will enjoy this book.
It is a book of essays about fish and fishing and more so the spiritual act of connecting oneself to the rivers and the lakes and the seas.
A somewhat dry, but beautifully written book, with loads of encouragement and information for the fly fisherman.
fishing is his excuse for some of the best writing from
a concentrated eye ..thanks cristin
a concentrated eye ..thanks cristin
One of my favorite books. Why do we do anything.
Great read
Gunner
marked it as to-read
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