Goat Mountain

Author:   David Vann
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
ISBN:  

9780062121103


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   14 October 2014
Format:   Paperback
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In David Vann's searing novel Goat Mountain, an 11-year-old boy at his family's annual deer hunt is eager to make his first kill. His father discovers a poacher on the land, a 640-acre ranch in Northern California, and shows him to the boy through the scope of his rifle. With this simple gesture, tragedy erupts, shattering lives irrevocably. In prose devastating and beautiful in its precision, David Vann creates a haunting and provocative novel that explores our most primal urges and beliefs, the bonds of blood and religion that define and secure us, and the consequences of our actions--what we owe for what we've done. David Vann is the award-winning author of Legend of a Suicide, Caribou Island, A Mile Down, and Last Day on Earth.

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Author:   David Vann
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Collins
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.10cm
Weight:   0.204kg
ISBN:  

9780062121103


ISBN 10:   0062121103
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   14 October 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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[M]asterful plotting. -- San Francisco Chronicle Vann has crafted a gripping masterpiece -- Anchorage Daily News [ Goat Mountain ] may just may be his finest, most contemplative work to date. -- Booklist [ Goat Mountain ] may just may be his finest, most contemplative work to date. -- Booklist [M]asterful plotting. -- San Francisco Chronicle You ve been waiting a long time for a novel that ll capture your attention like this does, which makes Goat Mountain the book to hunt for. -- The Clermont Sun Vann has crafted a gripping masterpiece -- Anchorage Daily News Shocking. . . . The author s descriptions of the northern California landscape--the chaparral, woods, and mountains-are also masterly. . . . This beautifully realized novel is recommended for fans of literary fiction but is not for the faint of heart. -- Library Journal (starred review) Vann s third novel is his most visceral yet: a grinding examination of killing, God and theunnamable forces that create a dynasty of violence. . . . This book is as all of Vann s fiction: provocative and unforgiving. -- Kirkus Reviews [A] deep meditation on death, religion and legacy. -- San Jose Mercury News Readers will devour Vann s masterful plotting. -- San Francisco Chronicle Meet David Vann, one the most talented writers in the American West. Goat Mountain, with all its responsibility and recriminations, is the man at his absolute finest. --Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries This book is written on the edge, a story of legacies, cruelty, the mysteries of DNA and blood, rewarding the reader sentence by sentence and scene by scene right to the astonishing and terrifying ending. --Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek David Vann is at once the most timely and timeless of writers . . . Goat Mountain is a ravishing example of his mastery. . . . This book will touch you to the depths of our shared, flawed humanity. --Robert Olen Butler, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain The Story has the power of a bullet fired from a gun. -- The Economist Vann's third novel is his most visceral yet: a grinding examination of killing, God and the unnamable forces that create a dynasty of violence. . . . This book is as all of Vann's fiction: provocative and unforgiving. --Kirkus Reviews The Story has the power of a bullet fired from a gun. --The Economist David Vann is at once the most timely and timeless of writers . . . Goat Mountain is a ravishing example of his mastery. . . . This book will touch you to the depths of our shared, flawed humanity. --Robert Olen Butler, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain This book is written on the edge, a story of legacies, cruelty, the mysteries of DNA and blood, rewarding the reader sentence by sentence and scene by scene right to the astonishing and terrifying ending. --Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek Meet David Vann, one the most talented writers in the American West. Goat Mountain, with all its responsibility and recriminations, is the man at his absolute finest. --Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries Readers will devour Vann's masterful plotting. --San Francisco Chronicle [A] deep meditation on death, religion and legacy. --San Jose Mercury News Shocking. . . . The author's descriptions of the northern California landscape--the chaparral, woods, and mountains-are also masterly. . . . This beautifully realized novel is recommended for fans of literary fiction but is not for the faint of heart. --Library Journal (starred review) Vann has crafted a gripping masterpiece --Anchorage Daily News You've been waiting a long time for a novel that'll capture your attention like this does, which makes Goat Mountain the book to hunt for. --The Clermont Sun [M]asterful plotting. --San Francisco Chronicle [Goat Mountain] may just may be his finest, most contemplative work to date. --Booklist


The Story has the power of a bullet fired from a gun. --The Economist


The Story has the power of a bullet fired from a gun. -- The Economist


The Story has the power of a bullet fired from a gun. --<i>The Economist</i>


You've been waiting a long time for a novel that'll capture your attention like this does, which makes Goat Mountain the book to hunt for. --The Clermont Sun Vann has crafted a gripping masterpiece --Anchorage Daily News This book is written on the edge, a story of legacies, cruelty, the mysteries of DNA and blood, rewarding the reader sentence by sentence and scene by scene right to the astonishing and terrifying ending. --Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek The Story has the power of a bullet fired from a gun. --The Economist Shocking. . . . The author's descriptions of the northern California landscape--the chaparral, woods, and mountains-are also masterly. . . . This beautifully realized novel is recommended for fans of literary fiction but is not for the faint of heart. --Library Journal (starred review) Readers will devour Vann's masterful plotting. --San Francisco Chronicle Meet David Vann, one the most talented writers in the American West. Goat Mountain, with all its responsibility and recriminations, is the man at his absolute finest. --Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries David Vann is at once the most timely and timeless of writers . . . Goat Mountain is a ravishing example of his mastery. . . . This book will touch you to the depths of our shared, flawed humanity. --Robert Olen Butler, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain [M]asterful plotting. --San Francisco Chronicle [A] deep meditation on death, religion and legacy. --San Jose Mercury News [Goat Mountain] may just may be his finest, most contemplative work to date. --Booklist Vann's third novel is his most visceral yet: a grinding examination of killing, God and the unnamable forces that create a dynasty of violence. . . . This book is as all of Vann's fiction: provocative and unforgiving. --Kirkus Reviews


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Published in twenty languages, David Vann's internationally bestselling books have won fifteen prizes, including best foreign novel in France and Spain, and have appeared on seventy-five Best Books of the Year lists in a dozen countries. He's written for the New York Times, Atlantic, Esquire, Outside, Sunset, Men's Journal, McSweeney's, and many other publications, and he has been a Guggenheim, Stegner, and NEA fellow.

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