West of Last Chance - Hardcover

Haruf, Kent

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393065723 ISBN 13: 9780393065725

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

Peter Brown’s haunting photographs of the high plains, interspersed with Kent Haruf’s narratives of the people who live there.

West of Last Chance is a unique collaboration between celebrated photographer Peter Brown and award-winning author Kent Haruf. The result is a profound visual/verbal dialogue of short prose pieces and large-format color images that brings to life this sometimes brutal and incredibly beautiful part of the country. Awarded the Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University for this project in 2005, the authors write: “Our interest in this part of the world is contemporary but also includes its history and a mix of stories that have passed down over the years, stories that resonate with the land in interesting ways.” It is an evocative work concerned with “moments that describe the beauty, power, tragedy, and cultural complexity of the place itself: the way the land has been used, the way people have lived on it, and the visual record that has been left behind.”

About this title

About the Author:

Kent Haruf is the author of Plainsong and Eventide. He lives in Salida, Colorado.

Peter Brown has received numerous fellowships and his work is included in many collections, including that of the Museum of Modern Art. He lives in Houston, Texas.

Review:

A major book whose implications and historic significance will increase for years to come. -- Rick Bass, author of The Lives of Rocks

An achievement of sublime alchemy. By its end, my notions of beauty, space, and time were irrevocably altered. -- Mark Spragg, author of An Unfinished Life

Somehow his pictures inhabit the viewer's brain, take up residence there....the latest chapter in a magnificent body of work. -- Geoff Dyer, author of The Ongoing Moment

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393065723
• ISBN 13: 9780393065725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256