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"just al" wrote in message
... Has anyone here read the River Why by David James Duncan? [snip] I would be interested in your opinions... I tried to read it several years ago, I did not like it, never finished it. If I recall, it just did not hold my interest. One of only two such books in the past 10 years I could not finish. If anyone cares the other was "Zipping my Fly" |
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just al wrote:
Has anyone here read the River Why by David James Duncan? I teach the novel to my high school seniors. The focus is on breaking free of the family unit and establishing an identity and environmental conservation. I recently had a guardian of a student bash the novel by saying, "...which I thought was convoluted, obtuse, too wordy and no doubt the dream book of every aging alcoholic "hippie" in America..." My principal and superintendent backed me 100%. But I would be interested in your opinions... take the asshole fishin'. wally |
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Yeah, it's a tough first 36 pages but it gets really good. Give it another
go, or try his Brother's K |
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Wayne Knight wrote:
"just al" wrote in message ... Has anyone here read the River Why by David James Duncan? [snip] I would be interested in your opinions... I tried to read it several years ago, I did not like it, never finished it. Same here. It was pretentious and self important. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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cool, thanks for the new title. will be checking it out.
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"rw" wrote in message
. .. Same here. It was pretentious and self important. Ya know, this is the third or fourth time in the past week you and I've agreed on a subject. Not that we've ever really had the bad blood between us others have had but still a little scary ![]() |
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"bruiser" wrote in message
... Haig-Brown is proving to be pretty slow going for me too. If the Haig-Brown is "A River Never Sleeps" or "Return to the River", I'll be more than happy to help you overcome that little problem. |
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I couldn't finish "A Flyfisherman's Blue Ridge". Haig-Brown is proving to
be pretty slow going for me too. bruce h |
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why g not give the kids a look at middleton's "on the spine of time".
i think there's a good master's thesis that could be developed on middleton... just al wrote: Has anyone here read the River Why by David James Duncan? I teach the novel to my high school seniors. The focus is on breaking free of the family unit and establishing an identity and environmental conservation. I recently had a guardian of a student bash the novel by saying, "...which I thought was convoluted, obtuse, too wordy and no doubt the dream book of every aging alcoholic "hippie" in America..." My principal and superintendent backed me 100%. But I would be interested in your opinions... -- Al Hammel http://groups.msn.com/FlyFishingWorl...ritecasts.msnw |
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 07:05:29 -0800, "bruiser"
wrote: Next book I'm searching for is "The Earth is Enough" (?) by Middleton, which I've heard is really great. It is a great book. http://tinyurl.com/35m7n is one place you can get it. -- Charlie... |
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