We Are Not in This Together: Stories

by William Kittredge

Book Overview

Eight short stories portray the struggles of ordinary people to cope with the problems of life in the contemporary American West. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915308444
• ISBN13: 9780915308446
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Western to the hilt

Raymond Carver wrote the introduction to this book, which is fitting, because Carver is the only writer I've read that is as Western as Kittredge. Still, Kittredge is no Carver. Or maybe he just too young yet. His style is a little too over the top, a little too in love with the cowboy image of the west, of Idaho and Montana. He does not succeed, as Carver does, to bring that rugged and self-sufficient mentality of the Old West fully into the modern era. The title story and one called "Soap Bear" are heads and shoulders above the rest, and one can hope for more work like this. Reading this work leaves me more than anything hoping that Kittredge will keep working, keep writing short stories, and keep honing this gift. questions, comments, etc.? williekrischke@hotmail.com