The Life and Passion of Aleck Maury
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"It is, in a sense, a prose Aeneid, written with so much economy and constraint that the reader is only aware at the end that he has been following the wanderings of a hero." Thus did Andrew Nelson... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:195282611X
ISBN13:9781952826115
Release Date:July 2020
Publisher:Cluny Media
Length:240 Pages
Dimensions:8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"
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An absolutely beautiful book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I read "Aleck Maury, Sportsman" when I worked at Southern Illinois University Press, which published the novel in its Lost American Fiction series. I reread it several years later with even more pleasure. The novel reads like a memoir, but has its own deep springs. I do not know of a more sensitive portrait of a person, and the prose is as lovely as the loop of a fly line uncurling on a fine cast. Because fishing is a topic of both novels, "Aleck Maury" reminds me distantly of "A River Runs Through It"--also a fine and pure novel, but not so fine and pure as "Aleck Maury."
Aleck Maury Sportsman - A novel by caroline gordon
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
"It is, in a sense, a prose AENEID, written with so much economy and constraint that the reader is only aware at the end that he has been following the wanderings of a hero." -Andrew Nelson Lytle, New Republic (1934)
Absolutely Lyrical
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A minor classic that is too often overlooked. The pure aesthetic beauty and simplicity of Gordon's language is a revelation.
A masterpiece of Sport and the pursuit of excellence.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This highly regarded but not widely known masterpiece chronicles the life of Aleck Maury from his earliest forays into opossum hunting and flyfishing to his latter days of quail hunting and fishing in old age. His lifelong quest of excellence in the field conflicts with his commitments to family and social responsibility. The novel is based on the author's father. Ms. Gordon was the wife of Allen Tate, the noted literary critic and poet. The Agrarian context and concerns of Tate are evident in her work, though her writings are unique. She shows herself here and in her other novels to be a master of her craft.
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