Lambing Out and Other Stories - Softcover

Blew, Mary Clearman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806133236 ISBN 13: 9780806133232

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001

Synopsis

The short fiction of Mary Clearman Blew, set in Montana, reflects the brutality of the region as seen in the mountains, the severe weather, and the personal hardships of the people living there. In each of these seven stories, the characters, driven to hurt or be hurt, reflect a range of violence--in their interaction with each other, their relationships with animals, or the effect the harsh environment has on their lives. Whether the turmoil is external (the snowstorm in "Lambing Out") or internal (the sisters’ memories in "Paths unto the Dead"), its toll on the person touched is clear and sharp. The result is an acceptance of--even a love for--the cruelty of the harsh environment.

 

About this title

About the Author

Mary Clearman Blew is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Idaho, Moscow. She is the author of Bone Deep in Landscape, Balsamroot: A Memoir, Lambing Out And Other Stories (University of Oklahoma Press) and Sister Coyote: Montana Stories and is coeditor of Circle of Women: An Anthology of Contemporary Western Women's Writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806133236
• ISBN 13: 9780806133232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112