Legends of the Fall - Softcover

Jim Harrison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440550939 ISBN 13: 9780440550938

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1980

Synopsis

The publication of this magnificent trilogy of short novels — Legends Of The Fall, Revenge, and The Man Who Gave Up His Name — confirmed Jim Harrison's reputation as one of the finest American writers of his generation. These absorbing novellas explore the theme of revenge and the actions to which people resort when their lives or goals are threatened, adding up to an extraordinary vision of the twentieth-century man.

About this title

About the Author:

JIM HARRISON is the author of over forty books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, including Legends of the Fall, The Road Home, The English Major, and The Farmer's Daughter. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Playboy, and the New York Times. He has 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.

Review:

''A triumph.'' --New Yorker

''In place of a single point of view and a restriction of time, place, number of scenes and characters, Mr. Harrison delivers, in eighty-seven pages, a complete two-generation family saga . . . The steady, singing, epic voice assures and reassures us that we are hearing -- as the title claims -- legend, not reality. In compression, unexpectedly, lies credibility.'' --New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0440550939
• ISBN 13: 9780440550938
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3