Brook Trout & the Writing Life: The Intermingling of Fishing and Writing in a Novelist's Life Revised Edition Contributor(s): Nova, Craig (Author), Beattie, Ann (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0982077149 ISBN-13: 9780982077146 Publisher: Eno Publishers OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Fishing - Sports & Recreation | Essays - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers |
Dewey: 799.175 |
LCCN: 2010933902 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.48 lbs) 176 pages |
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Publisher Description: In this memoir, novelist Craig Nova explores the interconnections between his work as a writer, his personal life, and his passion for fly fishing. Nova leads the reader into his courtship, marriage, the birth of his children, and his life as a father, husband, writer, friend, citizen, and angler. Just as the author observes the life of the elusive and beautiful brook trout in the tea-colored streams, he finds interconnections to his daily life--he teaches his daughter to build an igloo; he deals with the disappointment of a very public mean-spirited review of his much-anticipated novel; he gazes at his wife-to-be in her hammock by a stream; he finds himself the victim of a random blackmailer. Unpredictable and keenly observed, Nova leads us through the terrain of the life of an artist. The constants are the stream and the brook trout whic offer both respite from the demands of his life and a wellspring of inspiration and strength. It is a paean to nature and the beauty of the brook trout. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nova, Craig: - Craig Nova is the award-winning author of thirteen novels, including The Good Son, Cruisers, and his latest novel, The Informer. His work has appeared in Esquire, The New York Times, and Men's Journal. He has received an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a Class of 1949 Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. |