The Wandering Hill, Larry McMurtry
The Wandering Hill, Larry McMurtry
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The Wandering Hill

Author: Larry McMurtry

Narrator: Alfred Molina

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/13/2003


Synopsis

The second volume in Larry McMurtry's four-part historical epic featuring the Berrybender family as they continue their journey through the West during the 1830s.

In The Wandering Hill, Larry McMurtry continues the story of Tasmin Berrybender and her eccentric family in the still unexplored Wild West of the 1830s. Their journey is one of exploration, beset by difficulties, tragedies, the desertion of trusted servants, and the increasing hardships of day-to-day survival in a land where nothing can be taken for granted. By now, Tasmin is married to the elusive young mountain man Jim Snow (the "Sin Killer").

On his part, Jim is about to discover that in taking the outspoken, tough-minded, stubbornly practical young aristocratic woman into his teepee he has bitten off more than he can chew. Still, theirs is a great love affair and dominates this volume of Larry McMurtry's The Berrybender Narratives, in which Tasmin gradually takes center stage as her father loses his strength and powers of concentration, and her family goes to pieces stranded in the hostile wilderness.

The Wandering Hill (which refers to a powerful and threatening legend in local Indian folklore) is at once literature on a grand scale and riveting entertainment by a master storyteller.

About Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry (1936–2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas.

About Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina's films include Spiderman II, Frida, Magnolia, Chocolat, Boogie Nights, The Perez Family, Maverick, Enchanted April, Not Without My Daughter, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Prick Up Your Ears. He has appeared extensively on British and American television, including the TV series Bram & Alice and Ladies' Man. Mr. Molina received a Tony Award nomination, a Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for his performance in Art on Broadway. He also performed on Broadway in Molly Sweeney and in Speed the Plow for the National Theatre in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on January 29, 2022

'The Wandering Hill', book 2, has a much different tone than the first book, 'Sin Killer', in the Berrybender series. It reads more like straightforward western adventure romance, similar to 19th century American dime novels [URL not allowed], but modernized by contemporary sc......more

Goodreads review by John on July 04, 2012

Back to the Berrybenders. It was kind of nice to revisit this story, it had been about a year since I listened to the first in the series. This one was fun too- though I had some issues with it. There is always a little more dithering in the middle books of a series. I feel like there was more solid......more

Goodreads review by Jimmy on August 16, 2019

Just to give you an idea of McMurtry, here is a brief summary of Chapter 33: A Blackfoot name Antelope gets stabbed with a lance that goes right through him. To everyone's amazement, he survives. In fact, he did not seem to be feeling too bad. He could not run as fast as he used to, a quality which......more

Goodreads review by James on September 02, 2015

I didn't particularly care for the first book in this series and I'm not sure what stirred me to pick up this second. I think it's just that I like Lonesome Dove so much that I figured there must be something more to this series than the sort of haphazard slapstick of The Sin Killer. There is! This......more

Goodreads review by Steve on October 19, 2022

We catch up with the Berrybender traveling disaster as they settle in for the winter in an outpost at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. Being forced into close quarters gives a chance to get more into the personalities of the travelers as they boil together. Jim can't bear to be......more