The Summer He Didn't Die | 
| Author: Jim Harrison
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0871138921
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780871138927
ASIN: 0871138921
Publication Date: July 10, 2005
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Book Description
Jim Harrison is one of our finest writers, whose robust, tender, and deeply felt fictions-like Dalva, Legends of the Fall, The Road Home, and his most recent novel, the widely acclaimed True North-have made their mark on the contemporary American literary landscape. Now he delivers a collection of three novellas infused with all the wisdom and generous spirit that have made him one of our masters. In the title novella, "The Summer He Didn't Die," Brown Dog, a hapless Michigan Indian loved by Harrison's readers, is trying to parent his two stepchildren and take care of his family's health on meager resources. "Republican Wives" is a riotous satire on the sexual neuroses of the right, the mystery of why any person desires another, and the irrational power of love that, when thwarted, can turn so easily into an urge to murder. "Where Are We?" mines Harrison's private religion of the sensuous and sensual as integral to the transcendent joy of living. The Summer He Didn't Die displays wit as sharp and prose as lush as any Harrison has yet written. It is a resonant, hilarious, and joyful ode to our journey on this earth.
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 Republican Wives--symphonic comedy is pitch perfect July 6, 2007
I just bought this book and I try to savor Jim Harrison as much as possible. So, I'm saving Tracking and Brown dog does not disappoint. Have just stepped into Harrisons standard fall backs, and its a bit like entering an enchanted forest. Moreso, Harrisons blend of enchantment that is right up my alley. And a Jim Harrison fall back narrative belongs only to him. No one does his nature and spiritual writing better. Reading Harrison at times is like going to church. The kind God might wish to go to as well.
Not much has been said of Republican Wives and I can say that of the filthy rich Republican women I know this was spot on. My gut ached. The story of the girls and their linkage with Darryl was like a Monty Python episode brought to Chicago. I know people like him! These women, all I can say is that I ballyhooed and slapped my knee through the whole thing. And I look up at the heavens and truly wonder how does Harrison know people so well. This one is not to be missed.
HARRISON ALWAYS WELCOME ON THE SAGGING SHELF! February 7, 2007
Rec'v'd this book yesterday & am 50 pages into the story. It's
going to be a wonderful book. Your good price & fast delivery
is, as always, most appreciated. Jim Harrison just gets better
& better. Nice to revisit some of his characters again...
Extraordinary September 18, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Found this little book in the SF airport last week. Extraordinary. All of the novellas are good, but Tracking is a masterpiece---depicting the struggle of a writer to face life on his own terms---even when those terms aren't easy. This is my first Harrison book, but I bought three more when I returned home. His talent with the language and his insight into how we "tick" will amaze---which leads me back to my original "extraordinary". A great little book, and highly recommended.
 For Yale and Geezer April 13, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Harrison is deeply influenced by Rilke, and a lot of his obscure references are drawn from him. Read The Prodigal Son for insight into the Tristan character in Legends of the Fall... This latest trio of novellas is not his best but still had some nice moments. Was glad to see that BD is still coping with the world as best he can and on his own singular terms...
For Geezerglide December 18, 2005
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
The quote you mention is from The Seventh Duino Elegy
by Rainer Maria Rilke
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