Where the River Bends
Author: Richard Haddaway
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ISBN: 0870744704
Publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr (May, 2002)
Sales Rank: 561,403
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Very hard to put down
Really enjoyed this book. Had a hard time putting it down.
Rating: 5 out of 5
New England native
Generally, university press novels have a hard time getting the attention
they deserve, except, of course, for THE CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES, the
posthumous novel published a dozen years ago by LSU Press. Too bad, as
sometimes one reads a novel such as WHERE THE RIVER BENDS and feels it's not
going to get the coverage it deserves because of the size of its publisher
(SMU Press).But this book ranks with Philip Roth's DYING ANIMAL and the new novel
PRAGUE, which I have just read, as well as EMPIRE FALLS by Russo--which, by
the way, I do not regard as a "regional novel" even though it is all about
Maine. Nor do I regard WHERE THE RIVER BENDS as a regional novel, even
though it is all about Texas. Novels with hefty themes and universal
characters transcend their setting. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool New Englander,
and I loved this book. Let's hope the wider public takes notice of it. -- A
reader from Arlington, Vermont.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Where the River Bends by Richard Haddaway
This is a masterful book full of poignancy, humor and the kind of suspense we experience in the normal path of life. Richard Haddaway has a great ability to draw characters who live. His descriptions of places and situations are vivid and compelling.I found it hard to put the book down. I wish there were more. And I hope a movie will be made of this book.
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