The celebrated author of Legends of the Fall delivers “three
novellas as dark as they are exuberant” and linked by the lyrics of
Patsy Cline (Publishers Weekly, starred review). The three stories
in The Farmer’s Daughter are as different as they are
unforgettable. Written in the voice of a home-schooled
fifteen-year-old girl in rural Montana, the title novella introduces
an extraordinary character who must draw on her untapped strength and
resilience when she encounters unexpected brutality. In another,
Harrison’s beloved recurring character Brown Dog, still looking for
love, escapes from Canada back to the States on the tour bus of an
Indian rock band called Thunderskins. And finally, a retired werewolf,
misdiagnosed with a rare blood disorder brought on by the bite of a
Mexican hummingbird, attempts to lead a normal life but is
nevertheless plagued by hazy, feverish episodes of epic lust, physical
appetite, athletic exertions, and outbursts of violence under the full
moon. The Farmer’s Daughter is a memorable portrait of three
decidedly unconventional American lives. With wit, poignancy, and an
unbounded love for his characters, “Harrison shows he is still at
the top of his game with these compressed gems. Taken together, they
present another fine accomplishment in a storied career” (Publishers
Weekly, starred review). “Readers with a fondness for Hemingway’s
Michigan stories or Cormac McCarthy’s spare regional novels will
also find these tales much to their liking. Highly recommended.”
—Donna Bettencourt, Library Journal (starred review)
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Novellas
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ISBN
9780802198020
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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