About this title: This collected of both new and previously published stories includes "The Distance" (about Thomas Jefferson and Monticello), "The Fireman," "The Prisoners," and "Real Town." Two of the stories have been chosen for the BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES series.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2003-09-18
ISBN-13:9780618380442ISBN:0618380442
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2003-09-18
ISBN-13:9780618380442ISBN:0618380442
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good. 061813932X Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Fine. 0618380442 Like new! ! Minor cover wear. Buy with confidence, Tracking information provided for all orders. Orders over $49.99 will receive an upgrade from standard to priority mail. Customer satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Description: Good. Former Library Hardcover, Mylar Covered Dust Jacket, Stickers To Cover, Stamps On Inside Cover, Clean Pages, Nice Used Copy. read more
Description: Like New. Advance Reading Copy. Like new; no internal markings; has lost its "Brand New" shine but no obvious defects. ADVANCED READING COPY. ISBN: 061813932X Clean front and back cover. Tight binding. The interior is clean, with no marks, highlighting or underlining. Crisp edges. Spine is straight and clean. 2002. Advance Reading Copy trade paperback. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2003-09-18
ISBN-13:9780618380442ISBN:0618380442
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780618380442. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780618380442ISBN:0618380442
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Advance Reading Copy ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, Support Pacific Northwest Independent Booksellers! read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780618139323ISBN:061813932X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Collectible. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 179 pp.; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Rick Bass's best fiction yet, and the most varied collection he has ever published, The Hermit's Story introduces both new stories and pieces previously published in some of the country's finest periodicals. In the title story, a man and a woman travel across an eerily frozen lake--under the ice. 'The Distance' casts a skeptical eye on Thomas Jefferson ... read more
Description: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. As New. Tight bright book, Fine dustjacket. No names, marks or tears. Unread. ISBN: 061813932X Short story collection by this acclaimed Montana author. Two of these stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780618139323ISBN:061813932X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Hardback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. " Beautiful in their magical imagery dramatic in their situations, and exquisitely poignant in their insights these stories of awe and loss are quite astonishing in their mythic use of place. " read more
Description: Dust Jacket Included. First edition, 1st printing (number sequence begins with "1"). ABSOLUTELY FINE (no names, bookplates, remainder marks, or writing of any kind etc. ), with FINE dustjacket with the "$22.00" price intact. As new--unread. read more
"my first exposure to Rick Bass, and instant admiration and awe from the first story. just spent the weekend with him at a writing retreat in the North Cascades and i have both a deepened appreciation and understanding of his fiction: what he is trying to do with his stories, his techniques and almost-mystical approach to writing, his philosophy of what he wants his stories to do. I'm excited to dive in deeper and have obtained several other collections of his shorts at a used bookstore.
Bass is miscatagorized as a "nature writer" -- that is way too reductive, way too easy. Just because he is passionate about wilderness, respects nature and includes it in a very prominent way in his stories does not mean that is the heart of his work."
"This collection is ok. As someone not in a struggling marriage, the constant return to that issue bored me a bit. That said, I think "The Fireman" and "The Distance" are the two best stories here. This is definitely a book that can be checked out of a library instead of bought and perused through quickly. Reading The Book of Yaak before this collection affected my reading of the stories; reading them the other way around would have been better."
"Most of the stories are beautiful, but _The Cave_ reads like a bad taste of dime store romance. Rick Bass seems to have problems with sexuality, as most of his characters have broken relationships and the act of sex is given short, pathetic, shrift. The most interesting thing about Bass to me is that he tries to reduce the supernatural to the natural -- the physical world becomes a place of wonder and mystery unequaled in its ontological possibility. What creates magic and wonder is the relationship between the individual and the world, not any transcendental reality. It is the relationship between subject and world itself that becomes transcendental in Bass's fiction, which is to say, for Bass, the transcendental is immanent."
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