' Bass is hands down a master of the short form creating in a few pages a natural world of mythic proportions' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'A rallying cry against our modern urban existence a celebration of being wild' THE TIMES'A rich collection of stories by a major American writer' ANNIE PROULXRick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive & portray the enduring truths of the human heart To read his fiction is to feel more alive & to be captivated by his expression of the vastness of human experience & the awesome beauty of the natural world The men & women in these stories live with intensity & tenderness struggling against their fate at the moment of recognition The stories collected here
- brimming with magic & wonder filled with hard-won empathy marbled throughout with astonishing imagery
- have the power both to devastate & uplift