Why don't you make up a story and the people to go with Were fly fishermen and that John, the favorite,Īnd, of course, after Paul's death, Norman's father urges him: That all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee We were left to assume, as my brother and I did, He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and Who tied his own flies and taught others. Was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman
Great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father In our family, there was no clear line between religionĪnd fly fishing. That it would not be hard to believe that it is the end result of fourĭecades of effort. Men and Fire, but the final product has such beautifully sculpted language, Story throughout his whole life, as was the case with the posthumous book I don't know whether he had worked on the Place in the pantheon of great American stories.Īmazingly, Norman MacLean, who taught English at the University of Chicagoįor 43 years, did not publish this book until 1976, after retiring from Resulted in one of the better movies of recent years and cemented the book's To the screen and the beauty of the scenery and some terrific performances,Ĭombined with the large chunks of narrative taken directly from the book, Then, in 1992, Robert Redford brought the story It for the language and for the bittersweet family story it relates and
Returning to it better prepared, I simply enjoyed Yeller and the MASH where Henry died and Brian's SongĪll rolled into one. That, on that first reading, I hated the book. I'm sure everyone has seen the movie by now, so I won'tīe giving anything away when I confess that Paul's death upset me so much To A River Runs Through It it was universally acknowledged to be When, several years ago, I started reading a lot of fishing books, one
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