Jim Harrison
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| Title | : | Dalva (Dalva #1) |
| Author | : | Jim Harrison |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Contemporary Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 1991 by Washington Square Press (first published 1988) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literary Fiction |
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From her home on the California coast, Dalva hears the broad silence of the Nebraska prairie where she was born and longs for the son she gave up for adoption years before. Beautiful, fearless, tormented, at forty-five she has lived a life of lovers and adventures. Now, Dalva begins a journey that will take her back to the bosom of her family, to the half-Sioux lover of her youth, and to a pioneering great-grandfather whose journals recount the bloody annihilation of the Plains Indians. On the way, she discovers a story that stretches from East to West, from the Civil War to Wounded Knee and Vietnam -- and finds the balm to heal her wild and wounded soul.Itemize Books In Pursuance Of Dalva (Dalva #1)
| Original Title: | Dalva |
| ISBN: | 0671740679 (ISBN13: 9780671740672) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dalva #1 |
Rating Out Of Books Dalva (Dalva #1)
Ratings: 4.18 From 3102 Users | 272 ReviewsPiece Out Of Books Dalva (Dalva #1)
It is unbelievable how much I love this book. I drool when thinking of it. I love Harrison's smooth, delicious writing and the language and feeling of the West comes out in every page. I love Dalva's character and her remembrances. This is totally the book for me and I have gone on to read tons more of Jim Harrison except his food book which is...boring.Jim Harrison does a great job of jumping back and forth in time in this novel about Dalva and does an even better job of tying the different narratives(even those narrated by her sometimes boyfriend) bringing together her childhood, her family ancestry and present day adventures which lead her back to her Nebraska homeWe learn at the beginning that Dalva is a sympathetic strong woman when she intervenes in a terrible child abuse case putting the child's welfare and safety ahead of her own
Jim Harrison does a great job of jumping back and forth in time in this novel about Dalva and does an even better job of tying the different narratives(even those narrated by her sometimes boyfriend) bringing together her childhood, her family ancestry and present day adventures which lead her back to her Nebraska homeWe learn at the beginning that Dalva is a sympathetic strong woman when she intervenes in a terrible child abuse case putting the child's welfare and safety ahead of her own
I wish I was this woman.
The story was not captivating or interesting for me to finish this. I thought the first part was decent but the second part was too boring to continue reading. The writing style was not the greatest, characters were weak and the plot was just overlapping everything. Dalva was the only thing that was interesting about this book but her traits did not save the hype of this book. I seen many rave reviews from this book, I fail to see the hype and failed to see why I bothered to give this a moment
Jim Harrison has joined the ranks of Wallace Stegner and Larry McMurtry as among my very favorite of the authors that write about the western US and it's history. It is another of those books that was such a profound experience reading, that I want to have time to just sit with it before I begin examining it and taking apart the three generational story it tells. There are a lot of layers packed in here. The one aspect I will comment on is the voice and character of Dalva. I always find it brave
Admittedly I began the book with a little dread. I just finished Wolf, Harrisons first novel and one Id first read in graduate school in 1988. I have carried a high opinion of Harrison ever since, but now I had to wonder why? What I liked about it at 26 left me cold at 53, so I was prepared for a similar reaction to Dalva, especially since Harrison would be writing in the first person as a woman, and Id happily wash out early. But Dalva is a marvel both the book and the character. Dalva is in
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