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Jan 1, 1983 · David James Duncan. 4.22. 11,835 ratings1,095 reviews. Flyfishing genius Gus Orviston, seeking refuge from his stuffy, world-famous father and ripsnorting cowgirl mother, embarks on a reluctant quest for meaning that leads him to an astonishing task. Genres Fiction Philosophy Nature Novels Literature Humor Classics.
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Jun 17, 2016 · But in 1980, he was just another young assistant at Scribner fighting to have his voice heard, when he tried to acquire “The River Why,” a debut novel by David James Duncan about a young fly...
Feb 16, 2010 · Staged by Platt on a nifty set by Carey Wong dominated by a sparkling, translucent plastic stream, “The River Why” can be a charmer, with a sense of whimsy in the vein of Richard Brautigan and...
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People: “A small national treasure.” The New York Times : “A whirlwind, madcap, humorous and sensitive novel.” Western Coast Review of Books : “The best thing to come out of Oregon since Nike running shoes.”
Feb 27, 1982 · THE RIVER WHY. by David James Duncan ‧RELEASE DATE: Feb. 27, 1982. An expansively inventive spiritual-quest tale with a fisherman metaphor--popping, erratically but engagingly, from Swiftian drolleries to twanging slapstick swings to Solemn Moments of Discovery. . . to stodgily whimsical romance.
DJD can make any esoteric subject profound and engaging: here, he has taken fishing, one of his passions, and woven a beautiful story about a young fisherman who, torn between his father's belief in the superiority of fly-fishing and his mother's practical inclination towards bait-fishing, moves out and lives alone along the river.
