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Tag Archives: Jim Harrison

True North

“Harrison consistently commands our attention for his humanity and his tenderness. That he can create such tension in the process—a tension not released until the last page—and in the end forge such violence shows his skill as a storyteller and makes True North a great achievement.” —Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles…

The Summer He Didn’t Die

“Harrison has proved to be one of our finest storytellers. His new collection, The Summer He Didn’t Die, gives us more from the master. . . . These new novellas are urgent and contemporary, displaying his marvelous gifts for compression and idiosyncratic language.” —Jane Ciabattari, Los Angeles Times…

The Raw and the Cooked

“[A] culinary combo plate of Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, Julian Schnabel, and Sam Peckinpah . . . Harrison writes with enough force to make your knees buckle and with infectious zeal that makes you turn the pages hungry for more. . . . Call him bigger than life or…

A Really Big Lunch

A collection of essays from “the Henry Miller of food writing” (Wall Street Journal)—beloved New York Times bestselling writer Jim Harrison.

Off to the Side

“A sprawling, impressionistic memoir as roundabout as one of the author’s famous road trips. . . . A celebration of the hearty, sensual life.”…

Legends of the Fall

“Jim Harrison stands high among the writers of his generation. This book is rich, alive, and shatteringly visceral. A triumph.” —New Yorker

Julip

“A marvelous book, written with vigor and a knowing, gravelly humor.” —Fritz Lanham, Houston Chronicle

The Great Leader

A black-comic detective novel in the vein of No Country for Old Men, Jim Harrison’s The Great Leader follows a retired detective in hilarious…

The Farmer’s Daughter

The Farmer’s Daughter is a marvelous feast of a book that represents Jim Harrison’s finest collection of novellas since Legends of the Fall.

The English Major

“Harrison spins the common chaff of a road trip into gold. . . . peppered with his characteristic insights and asides. . . ….