The River Swimmer, Jim Harrison
The River Swimmer, Jim Harrison
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The River Swimmer
Novellas

Author: Jim Harrison

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 5 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2013

Synopsis

Jim Harrison is one of Americas most beloved and critically acclaimed authors, and this collection of novellasis Harrison at his most memorablea brilliant rendering of two men striving to find their way in the world, written with freshness, abundant wit, and profound humanity. In The Land of Unlikeness, sixty-year-old art history academic Clivea failed artist, divorced and grappling with the vagaries of his declining yearsreluctantly returns to his familys Michigan farmhouse to visit his aging mother. The return to familiar territory triggers a jolt of renewalof ardor for his high school love, of his relationship with his estranged daughter, and of his own lost love of painting. In the title story, The River Swimmer, Harrison ventures into the magical as an Upper Peninsula farm boy is irresistibly drawn to the water as an escape and sees otherworldly creatures there. Faced with the injustice and pressure of coming of age, he takes to the river and follows its siren song all the way across Lake Michigan. The River Swimmeris a striking portrait of two richly drawn, profoundly human characters and an exceptional reminder of why Jim Harrison is one of the most cherished and important writers at work today.

About Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison (1937–2016) was the author of over thirty-five books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, including Legends of the Fall, The Road Home, The English Major, and The Farmer’s Daughter. His writing appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Playboy, and the New York Times. He earned a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association. His work has been recognized worldwide and published in twenty-two languages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard on February 02, 2013

Some authors write like angels, some like wizards, Philip Roth and Jim Harrison (who are so similar, but seem to be at opposite ends of a class divide,) write like the devil himself. Then there's Cormac, THE Prince of Darkness, but that's a digression I won't get into. In The River Swimmer, Mr. Harri......more

Goodreads review by Lou on January 30, 2013

The first story, The Land of Unkindness, may make you take up the pursuit of being an artist alongside the possible pursuit of various short periods of passion with woman of your liking. You may even settle for a more less strenuous activity of seeking out a likewise story like that of Tropic of Capr......more

Goodreads review by Simon on April 10, 2018

Another, another. More JH character as JH's likes/dislike's and predominating latest bent descried as He/his character Clive make amends to past and nods to now's. His roots are in northern Michigan a place as roughed-up as he is and coven in its ways mythical. Art front/center woodsy familial tale......more

Goodreads review by MM Suarez on October 22, 2022

First I should say that I love Jim Harrison's writing and while these two novellas were not my favorites I still enjoyed them very much, specifically The River Swimmer, something really special about Thad! 🐟🐡......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on May 27, 2024

A beautiful writer a story about someone who loves and needs water and swimming as much as i do.very dream like ,not all works out but there are possibilities at least.......more

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