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In the Loyal Mountains
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In the Loyal Mountains Trade paperback - 1997

by Rick Bass

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In this luminous collection, Rick Bass firmly establishes himself as a master of the short story, with tales that embrace vibrant images and ordinary human life and exuberant descriptions of the natural world. "Impelled by a profound love of the land, the ten stories of "In the Loyal Mountains" are a reminder that American literature draws its unique strength from a powerful sense of place".--"Los Angeles Times".

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Mariner, September 1997. Trade Paperback . Used Very Good/yes .
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Details

  • Title In the Loyal Mountains
  • Author Rick Bass
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used Very Good
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner, Boston, MA
  • Date September 1997
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 213181
  • ISBN 9780395877470 / 0395877474
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 0.4 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 1.02 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94049609
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

To quote the Los Angeles Times: "Impelled by a profound love of the land, the ten stories in In the Loyal Mountains are a reminder that American literature draws its unique strength from a powerful sense of place." In this luminous collection, Rick Bass firmly establishes himself as a master of the short story, with tales that embrace vibrant images of ordinary human life and exuberant descriptions of the natural world.

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"Moving and self-assured . . . something like the heft of a wonderfully layered novel." Publishers Weekly, Starred

"Bass's fiction takes us to the borders of civiliation, here we glimpse an untamed worlds of myth and mystery." Entertainment Weekly