Platte River CL

by Rick Bass

Book Overview

Available again, an acclaimed collection from an American master that USA Today called "Powerful . . . lyrical, vivid, engaging." Originally published twenty-five years ago, Platte River is one of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395680808
• ISBN13: 9780395680803
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A warm, introspective read, filled with lush imagery of beautiful natural wonders.

Award-winning author Rick Bass presents Platte River, an anthology of three novellas each of which presents a human heart experiencing the infinite majesty of God's natural creation. "Mahatma Joe" is the tale of an evangelist who makes a home for himself in Grass Valley, Montana, and the woman who falls head over heels for his vision of the world; "Field Events" is the story of a woman who pines for an athlete who is even more muscular than her discus-tossing brothers; and "Platte River" is about a man's meditation on the nature and meaning of loneliness, peace, and the search for love. A warm, introspective read, filled with lush imagery of beautiful natural wonders.

Not the most uplifting book I've ever read, but.....

You get an overall sense of gloom from the peoples lives in the book, but I believe the author wants you to look deeper than just that. One story is basically the more the change, the more the things remain the same. Another looks at peoples strengths vs. weakness's and surprisingly where you will find them. And, finally, another looks at looking inside yourself. Among this, is the most beautiful and desriptive narrative of mother nature in all her glory. You can easily picture Exactly where and what he is talking about. It never fails that a few words thrown together will bring back memories of your own that you had long forgotten.

Another great book by Rick Bass.

These stories are about something that no one else I know of is writing about. I can't make out what it is exactly. I'll leave lists of superlatives to professional book reviewers and just give you what for me is the bottom line -- this book is important