| Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West--1950 to the Present Contributor(s): McMurtry, Larry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684868830 ISBN-13: 9780684868837 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99052848 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.27" W x 8.02" (0.96 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Larry McMurtry, the preeminent chronicler of the American West, celebrates the best of contemporary Western short fiction, introducing a stellar collection of twenty stories that represent, in various ways, the coming-of-age of the legendary American frontier. Featuring a veritable Who's Who of the century's most distinctive writers, this collection effectively departs from the standard superstars of the Western genre. McMurtry has chosen a refreshing range of work that, when taken as a whole, depicts the evolution and maturation of Western writing over several decades. The featured tales are not so concerned with the American West of history and geography as they are with the American West of the imagination--one that is alternately comic, gritty, individual, searing, and complex. Including authors such as Jack Kerouac, Wallace Stegner, Raymond Carver, Annie Proulx, and Diana Ossana, this collection captures the real Western canon like no other. |
Contributor Bio(s): McMurtry, Larry: - Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lives in Archer City, Texas. |