Wolf

Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs. During my 20s a friend was reading Whitman, one night walking home from the pub where he worked he decided to swim in a pond under the stars--he nearly drowned. A few months later (or possibly years)......more

I began Wolf a few days after Harrison died. I’d read it before in graduate school, but thanks to what I’m now calling ‘therapeutic amnesia’ it felt mostly new. It’s too bad — I think a review from the 26 year old me would be more enthusiastic. Had I been 26 in 1971 when this book was originally pub......more

Premier roman de Jim Harrison et première franche réussite:) J'ai lu du même bonhomme Légendes d'Automne(1979), Dalva(1988) et Une Odyssée Américaine(2008). Tous ces romans et novellas m'ont beaucoup plu et leurs qualités étaient déjà en germe dans ce Wolf de 1971 aux effluves autobiographiques:) Sw......more

I think I read that this may have been the first book published by this author in 1971. The audible version that I listen to was not done until 2019. I think the audible version has done quite well as the reader sounds just like you would imagine the author might’ve wished. The short book is the mean......more

I'm on the final few pages, which is enough to be able to write my review. Jim Harrison's, "Wolf: A False Memoir" has an interesting format. It shifts back and forth from present to memoir. The present has Jim camping out in a northern area of Michigan, trying to catch a glimpse of a wolf in the wil......more