- Hardcover: 250 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group (31 Dec 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385477279
- ISBN-13: 978-0385477277
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,553,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In his passionate, luminous novels, David James Duncan has won the devotion of countless critics and readers, earning comparisons to Harper Lee, Tom Robbins, and J.D. Salinger, to name just a few. Now Duncan distills his remarkable powers of observation into this unique collection of short stories and essays.
At the heart of Duncan's tales are characters undergoing the complex and violent process of transformation, with results both painful and wondrous. Equally affecting are his nonfiction reminiscences, the "river teeth" of the title. He likens his memories to the remains of old-growth trees that fall into Northwestern rivers and are sculpted by time and water. These experiences—shaped by his own river of time—are related with the art and grace of a master storyteller. In River Teeth, a uniquely gifted American writer blends two forms, taking us into the rivers of truth and make-believe, and all that lies in between.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
At the heart of Duncan's tales are characters undergoing the complex and violent process of transformation, with results both painful and wondrous. Equally affecting are his nonfiction reminiscences, the "river teeth" of the title. He likens his memories to the remains of old-growth trees that fall into Northwestern rivers and are sculpted by time and water. These experiences—shaped by his own river of time—are related with the art and grace of a master storyteller. In River Teeth, a uniquely gifted American writer blends two forms, taking us into the rivers of truth and make-believe, and all that lies in between.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Format:Paperback
I was a hitch-hikn' looking for Sissy out there somewhere and along comes this book with the upside down fish-hook on it and I finally had the term for my favorite piece of women's clothing (i.e. 'the upper tenth of a pair of levis').
Ten years later I was having babies and was reading The Brothers K with my son asleep on my chest.
Now, well beyond that divorce, I find "home" in David's stories in River Teeth. His attention to me not his characters is extremely evident through his writing. I can still get chills up my spine just thinking about that Oregon concert when the lightning and thunder peeled...
Format:Paperback
On a long trip up and down the west coast I picked this book up in a shabby bookstore in the hills of San Francisco on a lonely rainy night. It gave me a strange and warm comfort as I battled my way through the vicous rain for the last two weeks of my trip. The book is erre in ways I cannot explain, simply because you read it and understand it so well. Everything Duncan describes has been a part of all our lives somewhere, somehow. This book deeply moved me, and though I was mearly 16 on that rainy night I can never escape the vivid imagery of Duncan's voice.
Format:Paperback
If you laughed at the "River Why?" and cried over "The Brothers K" then you'll do much more with "River Teeth." You'll meet old friends and make new ones as well as learn who that wonderful writer, David Duncan, is. A truely wonderful book!
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An incredible surprise
River Teeth is a richly woven and intricate collection of short works. Duncan's writing is thick like poetry; his words are delictible. Read more
Published on 26 April 1998
Excellent! Surprizing, enjoyable, humorous and wise.
I read these stories several years ago. I still refer to many of them often in conversations. I particularly liked "Her Idiots", "Giving Normal the Finger" and... Read more
Published on 1 April 1998
another wonderful book by Mr. Duncan
A series of short stories that will make you get up, walkaround, mull over, then return... Anyone who has a daughter should mark the story "The garbageman's daughter" as... Read more
Published on 3 April 1997
Great Collection of Stories From A Great Writer
David James Duncan gives us a book full of stories from his past and new fiction. These stories give great incite to what caused the development of the River Why and The Brothers... Read more
Published on 24 Jan 1997
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