Of Earthly and River Things: An Angler's Memoir Contributor(s): Curtis, Wayne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0864926618 ISBN-13: 9780864926616 Publisher: Goose Lane Editions OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
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BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Fishing |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 240 pages |
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Publisher Description: "One could do worse than to grow up on a river." In his new collection of essays, Wayne Curtis voyages back through the tributaries of his past, throwing a pastoral net over the backwaters of his childhood to ensnare the sepia-tinged moments of love, loss, and life lessons he gleaned through his rise to maturity on the waterways of New Brunswick. As Proust recalled his past through the delicate taste of a madeleine, so, too, Curtis ruminates on growing up on the Miramichi, albeit through the more uniquely Canadian flavour of the home-cooked doughnut. Curtis writes of the simple pleasures of fishing with friends, of one's first unforgettable kiss, and of a father who teased his children that "all dreams that were told before breakfast had a better chance of becoming real." Of Earthly and River Things is at once a nostalgic trek through history and elegy for a vanishing culture, a world where its people were grateful to the river for its bounty. |
Contributor Bio(s): Curtis, Wayne: - Wayne Curtis (b. 1945) divides his time between Newcastle, New Brunswick, and Fredericton. He is the author of several books of essays about fishing, fishermen and the Miramichi River, two story collections, Preferred Lies (Nimbus, 1998) and River Stories (Nimbus, 2000), and two novels, One Indian Summer (Goose Lane, 1994), the source of "Heavy Ice," and Last Stand (Nimbus, 1999). |