Henry Hughes

Fishing Stories

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ISBN 13:: 9781841596136
author:: Henry Hughes
format:: HardBack
publisher:: Everyman
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2013
Pages:: 384
Dimensions:: 18.2 x 12.2 x 3.2 cm
Genre:: Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, ,
Condition:: New
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Fishing Stories is a diverse collection of tales that showcase the many facets of this timeless sport. From humorous anecdotes to poignant meditations, these stories celebrate the human bonds forged over a rod and the universal joys, absurdities, insights, and tragedies of life. The anthology features a wide range of genres and styles, including rural gothic, adventure, and literary elegies. Works by notable authors such as Rudyard Kipling, Annie Proulx, Norman Maclean, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver are included alongside lesser-known writers who have found meaning and fulfillment in fishing. Whether set against the backdrop of a vast wilderness or a tiny mountain stream, these stories cast wide and strike deep into the human experience.

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