Mink river
(2010)

Fiction

Book

Call Numbers:
FICTION/DOYLE,B

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Fiction FICTION/DOYLE,B Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2010]
©2010
DESCRIPTION

319 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780870715853, 0870715852, 9780870715853 (alk. paper), 0870715852 (alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Brian Doyle, editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, is the author of ten books. Mink River is Doyle's first work of fiction

"Community is the beating heart of this fresh, memorable debut [novel] with an omniscient narrator and dozens of characters living in [fictional] Neawanaka, a small coastal Oregon town. Daniel Cooney, a 12-year-old who wears his hair in three different-colored braids, has a terrible bike accident in the woods and is rescued by a bear. Daniel's grandfather, Worried Man, is able to sense others' pain even from a distance and goes on a dangerous mountain mission to track down the source of time with his dear friend, Cedar. Other key stories involve a young police officer whose life is threatened, a doctor who smokes one cigarette for each apostle per day, a lusty teenage couple who work at a shingle factory, and a crow who can speak English. The fantastical blends with the natural elements in this original, postmodern, shimmering tapestry of smalltown life that profits from the oral traditions of the town's population of Native Americans and Irish immigrants. Those intrigued by the cultural heritage of the Pacific Northwest will treasure every lyrical sentence."--Publisher's Weekly

" ... Brings a town to life through the jumbled lives and braided stories of its people"--Publisher description