Platte River - Softcover

Bass, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803259735 ISBN 13: 9780803259737

Publisher: Bison Books, 2007

Synopsis

Rick Bass is one of the foremost writers of his generation, charging headlong past the hard surface of modern life to illuminate human beings and their relationship to the natural world. Platte River is a collection of three novellas, each a singular exploration of the human heart set against the backdrop of God's creation.  Filled with arresting images—chinook winds flying through a valley, couples skating in the dark on thin ice, tools made from animal bones, a delicate shape frozen in a river—“Mahatma Joe” is about an evangelist who settles in Grass Valley, Montana, and the woman who becomes obsessed with his vision of the world. In “Field Events” a woman falls in love with a man even larger than her discus-tossing brothers. And the title novella, “Platte River,” portrays one man's lyric meditation on loneliness, the nature of peace, and the quest for love.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"This collection shines...You get the feeling you're seeing how Rick Bass dreams."-- New York Newsday

"Marvelous...The title story is stunning...It's the best single piece Bass has written to date."-- Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Powerful...(Rick Bass) reminds me of D. H. Lawrence, who also relied on the power of his own voice to mesmerize the reader...Lyrical, vivid, engaging."-- USA Today

"Stunning...(A) compassionate exploration of what learning to love feels like, smells like and sounds like...Spellbinding articulate."-- San Francisco Chronicle

"Mythical...Bass creates a clear and luminous world where legends are still told."-- The Christian Science Monitor

"Bass has written some of the finest short stories in the land: terse, haunting, often near-mystical tales that have brought comparisons to Hemingway and the late Raymond Carver."-- The Oregonian

"Beautifully Written and filled with radiant imagery and a powerful sense of the mysteries of nature."-- Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Rick Bass, a recipient of the PEN/Nelson Algren Award in 1988, is the author of numerous short stories, novels, and nonfiction works, including The Diezmo: A Novel and The Roadless Yaak: Reflections and Observations About One of Our Last Great Wilderness Areas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0803259735
• ISBN 13: 9780803259737
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148