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Title: Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison ISBN: 0-385-28596-5 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 15 April, 1980 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic!
Comment: I thoroughly enjoyed all three novellas, particularly the Man Who Gave up His Name. Jim Harrison's writing through out this book is fantastic and very original. I highly recommend this book. It should be noted that this book is NOT the movie, and attempts to compare or critique the book by comparison with the movie is pointless. The movie was based on only one of the stories, and only bits of the story for that matter.
Rating: 3
Summary: Found the Book Disappointing!
Comment: Sorry, but I liked the movie much better than the book. I like for my "women" characters to be as clearly defined as the men, and I like a sensitivity in understanding of women that Larry McMurtry has shown in his work. I consider Larry McMurtry, as a male author, to have an uncanny insight into the nature of women.
This is an okay story, although gloomy. Perhaps male readers will be more appreciative. There are poetic narrative moments, but not enough to compensate.
Evelyn Horan - teacher/counselor/author
Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl Books One - Three
Rating: 3
Summary: Legends of the Fall
Comment: Jim Harrison's, Legends of the Fall retains morose and depressive ideals, depicting human nature in all of its negative aspects. The setup of the novel is nothing like the film's sequence in that, the movie only shows a portion of the third and last novella, which also shares the title of the book. There are two additional novellas enveloped in the novel itself, "Revenge" and "The Man who gave Up His Name." All of the novellas relate to the common theme that once a human commits a wrongdoing they head down a long decline of morals, this theme also manifests the title. Harrison repeatedly refers to love as being wonderful and sustaining, but that it creates many more problems. Due to specific tendencies of the book, it is not recommended for everyone.
To read these novellas, the reader needs plenty of patience and a dictionary nearby, because Harrison tends to use a higher logic than a casual read. He drags sentences out into long descriptive paragraphs that sometimes go on for pages and has an extensive vocabulary. Although the paragraphs are lengthened by the author's superfluous description, the words are utilized so the descriptions create vivid images of characters and settings in the reader's imagination. This novel would also not be recommended for optimistic readers because the novel's nature would make reading and comprehending even more difficult. Younger, immature readers are also advised to avoid this novel for sexual references and casual drug use. Regarding the fact that there are some good points throughout the novellas, there is absolutely no humor or extended periods of joy in the lives of the characters. If you are prepared for an emotional depressant and have a large amount of time on your hands, this is the book for you.
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Title: A Good Day to Die by Jim Harrison ISBN: 0385283431 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 15 July, 1981 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean, Annie Proulx ISBN: 0226500667 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Wolf : A False Memoir by Jim Harrison ISBN: 0385291604 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 15 April, 1981 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Beast God Forgot to Invent by Jim Harrison ISBN: 0871138212 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: 30 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Just Before Dark by Jim Harrison ISBN: 061800193X Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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