One of the best. | The River Why, Twentieth-Anniversary Edition

A Modern Masterpiece | The River Why, Twentieth-Anniversary Edition | David James Duncan

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	• The River Why, Twentieth-Anniversary Edition David James Duncan Sierra Club Books, 2002 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 92 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Poignant and hilariously funny

I first read "The River Why" more than 10 years ago. I go back to it again and again--re-read it in quiet enjoyment--read it aloud for my own pleasure in the rhythm of the words--quote it--turn people on to it whether they fly fish or not. This book is as much a jewel as a glittering spring-fed stream, whether you fish or not. It speaks to the universal human condition, and that, I have been told, is the basis of all great literature. If you can't identify with Gus, you really need to get out more!

One of the best.

I have never read a book more than twice other than The River Why. Since reading it for the first time about 10 years ago I have read it about once a year and see something different every time. I thank the author for his work, it is no minor fluff in any way. Gus was and is me, he loves the same things I do, wild rivers, wild fish, and glumness. Many times over the years I have had questions answered or formed by the tale. Friendships have formed in my life with conversations of the stories and people that Duncan created. Thanks

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A Modern Masterpiece

Ocassionally, you read a book that becomes a part of you and stays with you long after you have put it down. David James Duncan has created nothing less than a tangible experience of reading. You will read countless glowing reviews, but the best thing you may do is read this contemporary classic for yourself. You will find yourself making references to your friends and family about characters like Gus, Titus, Eddie and even a dog named Descartes. You will laugh and cry with characters that become people, because of an author that writes as tenderly and sensitively as the river flows.

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