The Woman Lit by Fireflies - Hardcover

Harrison, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395488842 ISBN 13: 9780395488843

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1990

Synopsis

Presents a collection of three novellas--"Sunset Limited," in which a woman attempts to reconcile her sixties politics with growing old, "Brown Dog," a mythological tale of a Michigan mutt, and "The Woman Lit by Fireflies," about abandonment and victory

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 three novellas in this production depict vastly different landscapes of the human heart. BROWN DOG, narrated by Ray Porter, follows a scavenging diver and his entangled loves. Porter is eminently believable as the tough, hard-drinking B.D., whose strong timbre is filled with intensity as his discovers the preserved body of an Indian chief in the depths of Lake Superior. Harrison's poetic side paints a vivid thriller in SUNSET LIMITED, narrated by Carrington MacDuffie, a story that reunites four 1960s radicals who are called upon to rescue an ex-cohort from a Mexican jail. MacDuffie strikes just the right unaffected yet expressive tones while narrating this compelling tale. In the last piece, Clare, the valiant WOMAN LIT BY FIREFLIES, flees her bigoted husband, ultimately hiding in an Iowa cornfield during a night of soul-searching. Lorna Raver's delivery resonates with Clare's gentle strength as she reflects upon her past. A.W. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0395488842
• ISBN 13: 9780395488843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 247