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Zusatztext "Sheer magic...simply a national treasure." -- USA Today Informationen zum Autor Ivan Doig Zusammenfassung In this prize-winning portrait of a time and place—Montana in the 1930s—that at once inspires and fulfills a longing for an explicable past! Ivan Doig has created one of the most captivating families in American fiction! the McCaskills. The witty and haunting narration! a masterpiece of vernacular in the tradition of Twain! follows the events of the Two Medicine country's summer: the tide of sheep moving into the high country! the capering Fourth of July rodeo and community dance! and an end-of-August forest fire high in the Rockies that brings the book! as well as the McCaskill family's struggle within itself! to a stunning climax. It is a season of escapade as well as drama! during which fourteen-year-old Jick comes of age. Through his eyes we see those nearest and dearest to him at a turning point—“where all four of our lives made their bend”—and discover along with him his own connection to the land! to history! and to the deep-fathomed mysteries of one’s kin and one’s self.

Product details

• Authors: Ivan Doig
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2005
• EAN: 9780743271271
• ISBN: 978-0-7432-7127-1
• No. of pages: 339
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 197 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Montana Trilogy; Montana Trilogy
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature