New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "A literary titan...Bass is, hands down, a master of the short form, creating in a few pages a natural world of mythic proportions." -- New York Times Book Review Long considered one of the most gifted practitioners of the short story, Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of the human heart. Now, at last, we have the definitive collection of stories, new and old, from the writer Newsweek has called "an American classic." To read his fiction is to feel more alive -- connected, incandescently, to "the brief longshot of having been chosen for the human experience," as one of his characters puts it.These pages reveal men and women living with passion and tenderness at the outer limits of the senses, each attempting to triumph against fate. Bass provides searing insights into the complexity of family and romantic entanglements, and his lush and striking language draws us ineluctably into the lives of these engaging people and their vivid surroundings. The intricate stories collected in For A Little While -- brimming with magic and wonder, filled with hard-won empathy, marbled throughout with astonishing imagery -- have the power both to devastate and to uplift. Together they showcase an iconic American master at his peak
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Time Warner, Uk
ISBN: 9780316381147
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 21/03/2017
Año de edición: 2017
Plaza de edición: Eeuu
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Rick Bass
(Fort Worth, Texas, 1958). Activista mediambiental i geòleg petrolier. És autor de vint-i-cinc llibres, entre els quals The Book of Yaak, In the Loyal Mountains, The Lost Grizzlies, The Wild Marsh: Four Seasons at Home in Montana, The Hermit's Story i The Lives of Rocks. Els seus relats i articles han sortit a The Paris Review, The New Yorker, New York Times Sunday Magazine, Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Washington Post, Esquire, The Quarterly i altres publicacions, i han estat recopilats en diverses antologies. Els seus llibres han aparegut en els llistats de millors obres de l'any que publiquen diaris tan prestigiosos com New York Times i Los Angeles Times. Viu amb la seva família en un ranxo perdut al nord de Montana.