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Each of these hybrid "proems," inspired in part by Audubon's great book, attempts to combine the amplitude and spaciousness of prose with the compression and focus of poetry. In traveling into darkly intertwined spaces of personal geography, memory, emotion, and loss, as well as into wild nature, each piece surrounds its lyrical moment in a context of details, imaginings, and resonances with which to express its dramatic occasion.
Collected interviews the self-titled "quadra schizoid" writer who is best known for his novella Legends of the Fall
“From the very first, it seems, fishing was a respite and a therapy along with all of its other potentially redemptive qualities.” —Robert DeMott Spanning more than forty-five years, Angling Days is a collection of Robert DeMott’s numerous journal entries, each a small essay in itself, jotted down during the placid moments of fishing in and along the streams and rivers of North America. Through his journaling, DeMott carries on the angling tradition of channeling the tranquility of fly fishing into creative endeavors, whether by painting, sketching, fly tying, or writing. For him, it was writing—something he did whenever he could, whether in the midst of fishing or during a break away from the water. Angling Days is a lifetime of work, a chronicle of what it is to be an angler seeking the most pristine waters and the smartest fish. It is a collection of entries and musings in the vein of DeMott’s literary hero, Henry David Thoreau, and promises to shine a new light on the art and joy of fly fishing.
Kniha navazuje na známou a u nás poměrně úspěšnou novelu Na plechárně. Kaleidoskopický řetěz legračních i smutných, napínavých i tragikomických příhodiček spojený postavou myslitelského doktora, prolíná stále přítomný zahloubaný filozofický nadhled, který jako by s sebou na každou stránku nesl jakési vnitřní motto: hleďte, jaké je to hemžení, prosté a ubohé, ale lidské; takový je život, a děkujme mu to, že jej můžeme s těmi prostými, drsnými, ale v jádru čistými lidmi žít, neboť oni jsou tou pravou solí země.