| The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness Contributor(s): Bass, Rick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0395924758 ISBN-13: 9780395924754 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: A woman returns to live on her family's west Texas ranch . . . a man tracks his wife through a winter wilderness . . . an ancient ocean buried in the foothills of the Appalachians becomes a battleground for a young wildcat oilman and his aging mentor--these three short novels reveal Bass at his magical, passionate, lyrical best. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Animals |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Appalachians - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: GQ called the three short novels in this collection wondrous. A woman returns to live on her family's west Texas ranch . . . a man tracks his wife through a winter wilderness . . . an ancient ocean buried in the foothills of the Appalachians becomes a battleground for a young wildcat oilman and his aging mentor. Here is Bass at his magical, passionate, and lyrical best. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bass, Rick: - RICK BASS's fiction has received O. Henry Awards, numerous Pushcart Prizes, awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and his memoir, Why I Came West, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. |