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The River Why| Media: | Paperback | | Author: | David James Duncan | | Publisher: | Bantam | | Release date: | 01 December, 1984 | | List price: | $14.95 |
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The River Why |
| This is a wonderfully written, delightful book that will have you both laughing and crying. Though provoking journey of a young man's coming of age. Highly recommended read. |
| The River Why - David James Duncan | |
Why not? |
| When DJD writes about a game of catch the ball burns my hand thru the mitt. When his story is about wading up a trout stream, my neck gets hot from the sun on it, I can hear the mosquitos whine, and my feet go numb from the cold water. His characters are complex; warm, funny, honest, whacked, i.e quite real. He writes books that I could live in and I don't even play baseball. Or fish. |
| David James Duncan - The River Why | |
Thought-provoking!! |
I read this book after having read another of David James Duncan's books, The Brothers K, at the advice of a friend. The books are very similar, with the protagonist being of a moderate spiritual mindset, observing his own spirituality as well as the styles with which those around him view the world. While The Brothers K did this with baseball being the avocation of choice, The River Why does it with fishing being the avocation of choice.
I am not particularly drawn to either activity, but was happy to read about others' excitement at it, understanding that it was being used as a framework for what drives the protagonist. I loved both books, and the next David James Duncan book that I read is likely to be My Story as Told by Water.
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