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"Thomas McGuane writes better about fishing than anyone else in the history of mankind."-Jim Harrison
"McGuane writes with wit, grit and grace; the result is a book as entertaining as any you will find on any subject."-"Seattle Times
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"A book worth shouting about."-Tom Brokaw
"McGuane writes with wit, grit and grace; the result is a book as entertaining as any you will find on any subject."-"Seattle Times
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"A book worth shouting about."-Tom Brokaw
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This book was published in hardback to the most amazing reviews. Widely hailed as one of the best fishing books to be published in the last decade The Longest Silence is a book that has firmly established a place for itself amongst the classics of the genre
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Thomas McGuane is known for his fiction: all american heroes loving freedom and independence and travelling trough love affairs, jobs ,places and landscapes with reckless pride.In "The Longest Silence", McGuane denounces where he has invested his personal slice of freedom: away from literary speculations and the ambition of fiction, in american and faraway trout rivers.
For McGuane fishing is a way of life, a way to discover the good things of life on earth.This is no fishing guide or the chronicle of an obsession.The author simply has interpreted what all lovers of fishing and nature feel when connected to the magic moments of their sport: oneness with life, the elements,the fauna and flora that surround us, and the conscience that all this is threatned, transient, fragile.
The great quality of this book- fishing scenes and technical expertise aside- is that McGuane manages to convey his outdoor passion in connection with friends, acquintances, communities and a general sense of belonging to this planet and of entitlement to fight for his preservation.Fishing is solitude and not loneliness, writes McGuane. In fact he takes us on a long trip through his best memories and that means a lot of travelling. In the end we come to think that the world would be a better place if we would all understand the beauty of catching and releasing a trout in some wild river somewhere.
For McGuane fishing is a way of life, a way to discover the good things of life on earth.This is no fishing guide or the chronicle of an obsession.The author simply has interpreted what all lovers of fishing and nature feel when connected to the magic moments of their sport: oneness with life, the elements,the fauna and flora that surround us, and the conscience that all this is threatned, transient, fragile.
The great quality of this book- fishing scenes and technical expertise aside- is that McGuane manages to convey his outdoor passion in connection with friends, acquintances, communities and a general sense of belonging to this planet and of entitlement to fight for his preservation.Fishing is solitude and not loneliness, writes McGuane. In fact he takes us on a long trip through his best memories and that means a lot of travelling. In the end we come to think that the world would be a better place if we would all understand the beauty of catching and releasing a trout in some wild river somewhere.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a series of essays on fishing experiences throughout the life of the author. They are wonderfully written, and capture the charm and allure of fishing, of being out there in the great outdoors to 'go fishing' rather than merely to catch fish. McGuane is a wonderfully observant and expressive writer. This book has soul. If being out there, with or without fishing rod, appeals to you, I urge you to read this book...
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An excellent fishing book. Not a 'how to..', but a rambling, gentle examination of the ethos of the sport. If you enjoy Gierach you'll probably like this (and vice versa). More saltwater topics - blues, tarpon and (particularly) permit - here than Gierach but all beautifully written. Recommended.
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The Longest Ramble
Whilst this is a well written book, I found it rambling and uninteresting. I much prefer John Gierach's direct and straight-talking style.
Hey, it's only my opinion :).
Hey, it's only my opinion :).
Published 16 months ago by Grakers
Superb
As a collector of angling literature, I would rate Thomas McGuanes book beside Negley Farsons "Going Fishing", Sir Edward Greys "Fly Fishing" and Patrick R... Read more
Published on 8 May 2001 by spentgnat
One of the best angling writers I have encountered
If you are looking for a technical treatise on fly fishing this book is not for you. If on the other hand you enjoy wonderfully descriptive and evocative words describing the joy... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2001
A "must-have" for anyone who loves reading about fishing.
In a book of vivid vignettes that take readers to locations as diverse as Russia, the Florida Keys and Ireland, Tom McGuane gets to the heart of the passion and obsessiveness that... Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2000
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