“I can’t begin to do justice to the nuances of character and honest complexities of plot in this work. The writing is precise and careful—and sings withal.” —Raymond Carver, Washington Post Book World
“Jim Harrison stands high among the writers of his generation. This book is rich, alive, and shatteringly visceral. A triumph.” —New Yorker
“Legends of the Fall signaled that Jim Harrison was a writer who had the goods.” —Jane Ciabattari, Los Angeles Times
“An epic in under a hundred pages about twentieth-century western American life.” —Alan Cheuse, NPR
“A shatteringly tragic story . . . Harrison tells it brilliantly.” —National Review
“So much American legend is packed into these brief pages that Jim Harrison must be admired as an almost sacred writer.” —Chicago Sun-Times
“Compelling . . . beyond question the work of a gifted and accomplished writer.” —Washington Post
“Three novellas both poetic and mythic.” —Gary Frank, San Francisco Review of Books
“Fast pace, enormous narrative power . . . Legends of the Fall stays firmly in the unputdownable class.” —Daily Telegraph