Wolf, Jim Harrison
Wolf, Jim Harrison
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Wolf

Author: Jim Harrison

Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla

Unabridged: 7 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/21/2019


Synopsis

Wolf tells the story of a man who—after too many nameless women and drunken nights—leaves Manhattan to roam the wilderness of northern Michigan, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare wolves that prowl that territory.Returning Harrison fans will be ecstatic to rediscover this early novel once again, and for new listeners, this work serves as the perfect introduction to Harrison’s remarkable insight, storytelling skill, and evocation of the natural world.

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.

About Chris Andrew Ciulla

Chris Andrew Ciulla, an Earphones Award–winning narrator with over 350 credits, is an on-screen actor, voice actor, host, boxing analyst, and radio personality. He has performed characters for the popular video game series Fallout and Mafia, and can be heard frequently voicing commercial campaigns. A versatile performer with over twenty-five years of experience, he produces original audio content under his own production banner, Leonardo Audio.


Reviews

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

Goodreads review by David

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

Goodreads review by Rémy

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

Goodreads review by Larry

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

Goodreads review by Li

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


Quotes

“A raunchy, funny, swaggering, angry, cocksure book.” New York Times Book Review

“When you turn the last page and Swanson’s voice stops, you want to flip back and keep listening.” San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle