The English Major (Readers Circle Series)

Harrison, Jim

ISBN 10: 160285369X ISBN 13: 9781602853690

Publisher: Center Point Pub, 2009

Synopsis

Robbed of his farm by his real-estate shark of an ex-wife following their divorce, sixty-something Cliff embarks on a road trip across America, armed with a childhood puzzle of the United States and on a mission to rename all the states and their state birds to overcome the boring names that they have been given. By the author of Julip. (General Fiction)

About this title

About the Author:

Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was the author of over thirty-five books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, including Legends of the Fall, The Road Home, The English Major, and The Farmer's Daughter. His writing appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Playboy, and the New York Times. He earned a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association. His work has been recognized worldwide and published in twenty-two languages.

From AudioFile:

The title of Jim Harrison's latest novel, THE ENGLISH MAJOR, could lead someone to expect a military story. But this is about a guy who majored in English in college and became a farmer. Really. Odd title aside, this story of a man who gives up the farm and wanders the country is a wonderful piece of work. Narrator Mark Bramhall is the epitome of the rural farmer. His voice, his inflections, his astonishment at the ways of city folk make it easy to ride with Cliff on an American road trip as he tries to forget the wife who abruptly divorced him and sold the farm out from under him. Bramhall's sometimes hushed tones mask the character's world of torment and desire to scream out loud. M.S. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Center Point Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 160285369X
• ISBN 13: 9781602853690
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 294