The publication of this magnificent trilogy of short novels — Legends Of The Fall, Revenge, and The Man Who Gave Up His Name — confirmed Jim Harrison's reputation as one of the finest American writers of his generation. These absorbing novellas explore the theme of revenge and the actions to which people resort when their lives or goals are threatened, adding up to an extraordinary vision of the twentieth-century man.
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The publication of this magnificent trilogy of short novels -- Legends Of The Fall, Revenge, and The Man Who Gave Up His Name -- confirmed Jim Harrison's reputation as one of the finest American writers of his generation. These absorbing novellas explore the theme of revenge and the actions to which people resort when their lives or goals are threatened, adding up to an extraordinary vision of the twentieth-century man.
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The publication of this magnificent trilogy of short novels ? Legends Of The Fall, Revenge, and The Man Who Gave Up His Name ? confirmed Jim Harrison's reputation as one of the finest American writers of his generation. These absorbing novellas explore the theme of revenge and the actions to which people resort when their lives or goals are threatened, adding up to an extraordinary vision of the twentieth-century man.
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Like most of the people I know who read this book, I picked it up after seeing the movie. While I enjoyed both in their own right, they are so different that going from one to the other adds nothing to either.While the movie's most notable qualities are a breath of story and an epic scope, the book is beautiful for its economy of words and distant style. Written in the third person, as opposed to the film's heavy handed first person, the perspective is all knowing, yet reveals few details. The author brings the characters to life to some degree, but what is amazing is that they are interesting given their one dimensionality. The story, short as it is, contains much less of the deep intertwined relations of the movie, but I believe that makes it much improved over the screen version. While everyone focuses on the title story, the other two that are included are also enjoyable. As a read, each of the stories is quite quick and complete. If you are taking a trip in several staggered stints, this is a good book to take along and pass the time.
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10x better than the movies,
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That two of the three novellas in this book have been produced as motion pictures should tell you something. In fact, when I first read this collection I thought each of the three stories sounded like fleshed-out Hollywood 'treatments'. The writing is tight and concise, yet stunningly poignant. Harrison's true calling is as a poet, and he uses that training to full effect, creating crystal-clear images in the turn of a phrase. The result is never abstract, however; Harrison is also an outdoorsman whose knowledge of nature is equaled by his uncanny ability to portray his characters' surroundings in lucid, even beautiful prose. Read this book. You may become a Harrison adict.
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A timeless work of art.,
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Upon watching the film for the first time, I wanted to know more about the characters. The film, although well casted (Pitt,Hopkins,Quin and Ormond),does not do much for the book. The book is a timeless work of art. When reading a book, I tend to feel the pain and suroundings of each chatacter. You can only do this to a point in a film. With the book I was lost in the life, and death of the Ludlow family. It was so wounderful to get inside Tristin and the others and experience what their life was all about. Mr. Harrison has done wounderful works of art. I hope to find more!
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You could not tell if you were a bird descending (and there was a bird descending, a vulture) if the naked man was dead or alive. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
One Stab, San Francisco, New York, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Great Falls, Vera Cruz, Robin Hood, Corpus Christi, San Diego, Agua Prieta, Fort Benton, The Crazy One, Gulf Stream, Indian Ocean, Northern Pacific, University of Wisconsin, Van Horn, Volstead Act, William Ludlow New!
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One Stab, San Francisco, New York, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Great Falls, Vera Cruz, Robin Hood, Corpus Christi, San Diego, Agua Prieta, Fort Benton, The Crazy One, Gulf Stream, Indian Ocean, Northern Pacific, University of Wisconsin, Van Horn, Volstead Act, William Ludlow New!
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- A Short History of Decay by E M Cioran on page 180
- Nina Huanca by F. Gonzalez-Aller on page 23
- Conversations with Jim Harrison (Literary Conversations) by Robert Demott on 29 pages
- The King's English, Adventures of an Independent Bookseller by Betsy Burton on 4 pages
- Legends of the Fall: Jungian Reflections (Jungian Reflections on Literary and Film Classics) by Richard Chachere on 4 pages
- Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life by Elizabeth George in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Woman Lit By Fireflies by Jim Harrison in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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