James Welch never shied away from depicting the lives of Native Americans damned by destiny and temperament to the margins of society. "The Death of Jim Loney" is no exception. Jim Loney is a mixed-blood, of white and Indian parentage. Estranged from both communities, he lives a solitary, brooding e[...]
The publication of this magnificent trilogy of short novels â Legends Of The Fall, Revenge, and The Man Who Gave Up His Name â 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 [...]
Their plans were conceived in a drunken excitement and resulted in more horror than any of them could have imagined. There was the poet able to retreat into beatific reveries of superb fishing in cold, fast streams; the Vietnam vet consumed by uppers, downers and violence; and the girl who loved on[...]
From her home on the California coast, Dalva hears the broad silence of theNebraska prairie where she was born and longs for the son she gave up foradoption years before. Beautiful, fearless, tormented, at forty-five she has lived a life of lovers and adventures. Now, Dalva begins a journey that wil[...]
"The Road Home" lies in the shadows of Manifest Destiny and Wounded Knee; it is etched into the landscape of an old man's memory and into the stubborn dreams of a young man's heart. In one of Jim Harrison's greatest works, five members of the Northridge family narrate the tangled epic of their histo[...]
Aimed at finance professionals and investors who need to understand the inner working of the United Kingdom gilt market. This work provides coverage of the different gilt instruments, as well as a look at the structures, institutions and practices of the market itself. It also includes Foreword by M[...]
"Among the most indelible American novelists of the last hundred years...[Harrison] remains at the height of his powers."-Dwight Garner, The New York Times on The River Swimmer New York Times best-selling author Jim Harrison is one of America's most beloved writers, and of all his creations, Brown [...]
Jim Harrison is one of America's most beloved and critically-acclaimed authors--on a par with American literary greats like Richard Ford, Anne Tyler, Robert Stone, Russell Banks, and Ann Beattie. His latest collection of novellas, "The River Swimmer," is Harrison at his most memorable: a brilliant r[...]
What Harrison does on every page of Brown Dog is have fun . . . not simply for the sake of delight but because he believes delight is as close to sublimity as humans can get. . . . The great project of life, he reminds us, is to sit still long enough to appreciate it. --Anthony Doerr, The New York T[...]
Jim Harrison is one of our most renowned and popular authors, and his last novel, The Great Leader, was one of the most successful in a decorated career: it appeared on the New York Times extended bestseller list, and was a national bestseller with rapturous reviews. His darkly comic follow-up, The [...]
Jim Harrison is an American master, and The Beast God Forgot to Invent is a book that The New York Times Book Review called "a big, wet, sloppy kiss [that] Harrison continues to plant on the face of life itself".These are stories of culture and wildness, of men and beasts and where they overlap. A w[...]
Filled with passion and humor, a much-anticipated collection of enthusiastic writings from the beloved writer and food critic includes his Smart and Esquire columns, correspondence with French gourmet Gerard Oberle, and pieces on food in France and America for Men's Journal. Reprint. 35,000 first p[...]
The critically acclaimed novelist and poet shares the story of his own life in an intriguing memoir that chronicles growing up in Michigan during the Depression and Second World War, his love of literature, his career as a screenwriter and author, and the obsessions that have shaped his life. Reprin[...]
The author of Legends of the Fall presents a novel that revolves around David Burkett, a man who has grown up on Michigan's Upper Penninsula and realizes he must face the destruction caused to the region's natural environment by his ancestors. Reprint.. 35,000 first printing.[...]
A collection of novellas by the author of Legends of the Fall and True North offers a witty, insightful take on life in America, from the Michigan Indian who struggles to raise a family with limited resources to the satirical "Republican Wives." Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 35,000 first printin[...]
Harrison has garnered critical acclaim for masterpieces such as "Legends of the Fall, The Beast God Forgot to Invent," and, most recently, "Returning to Earth." Now, "The Woman Lit by Fireflies," one of his best-loved books, is available in a paperback edition.[...]
"It used to be Cliff and Vivian and now it isn't." With these words, Jim Harrison begins a riotous, moving novel that sends a sixty-something man, divorced and robbed of his farm by a late-blooming real estate shark of an ex-wife, on a road trip across America. Cliff is armed with a childhood puzzle[...]
Jim Harrison's fifteen works of fiction have established him as one of the most beloved and popular authors in American fiction. His last novel, The English Major, was a National Indie Bestseller, a New York Times Book Review notable, and a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year. Harrison's l[...]
Rapturously received by critics and enthusiastically embraced by readers, The Great Leader is an enthralling, blackly comic take on the detective story that follows a retired detective in hilarious and bold pursuit of a sinister cult leader. Detective Sunderson is on the verge of retirement when he[...]
In celebration of the 100th New Directions celebrates the Pablo anniversary of Pablo Neruda's birth, New Neruda Centennial. Directions is pleased to announce the reissue of a classic work in a timeless translation by Donald D. Walsh and fully bilingual. Residence on Earth is perhaps Neruda's greates[...]