A River Runs Through It
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- This article is about A River Runs Through It, the novella. For information on the film, see A River Runs Through It (film).
| A River Runs Through It and Other Stories | |
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| Author | Norman Maclean |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Autobiographical, Novella |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication date | May 1976 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 231 pp (hardback edition) & 238 pp (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-226-50055-1 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-226-50066-7 (paperback edition) |
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories is a semi-autobiographical novella by Norman Maclean (1902–1990). It concerns the Macleans, a Presbyterian family in early 20th century Montana whose views on life are filtered through their passion for fly-fishing. The book is presented from the point of view of older brother Norman who goes on one last fishing trip with his rowdy and troubled younger brother Paul in an attempt to help him get his life on track. The novel is noted for using detailed descriptions of fly-fishing and nature to engage with a number of profound metaphysical questions, and is recognized as a minor American classic.[citation needed]
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[edit] Publishing history
This novel, which first came out in 1976, has been published in several ways. It is issued as a collection of short stories, including the novel, and bearing a title starting with that of the novel. The novel has also been published apart, usually as an art book with many photographs, or with many illustrations such as woodcuts.
For an illustrated version there is still in print a hardcover edition issued in Chicago by the University of Chicago Press in 1989 with ISBN 0-226-50060-8.
The collection of short stories with the novel, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories is issued as a paperback in Chicago by the University of Chicago Press in 2003 with ISBN 0-226-50066-7.
The small anthology contains two other stories, also partly autobiographical and which precede the events of River: "Logging and Pimping and 'Your pal, Jim'" and "USFS 1919: The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky". The latter was turned into a made-for-TV-movie starring Jerry O'Connell of Sliders fame (1995).
[edit] Film
In 1992, Robert Redford directed a film of the same name starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd. It was nominated for three Academy Awards and Philippe Rousselot won an Oscar for his cinematography.
The film fueled a dramatic rise in fly-fishing's popularity: the fly-fishing industry expanded roughly three-fold in the five years following the film's release.[citation needed]
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