· On the River Styx And Other Stories. Peter Matthiessen. • 1 Rating; $; $; Publisher Description. Since the s Peter Matthiessen has written fiction and nonfiction of elemental power and moral vision, 5/5(1). · Overview. Since the s Peter Matthiessen has written fiction and nonfiction of elemental power and moral vision, including the acclaimed novels At Play in the Fields of the Lord and Far Tortuga and works of naturalism and exploration like the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard. This stunning collection of short stories, available for the first time in paperback, spans more Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. This is a collection of ten short stories by naturalist/novelist Peter Matthiessen. Matthiessen wrote the stories over a period of thirty-eight years, between and Many of the stories concern men who have placed themselves in dangerous and desperate circumstances, whether through alcohol addiction, criminal behavior, marital discord, fear, superstition or simply arrogance.4/5(1).
Peter Matthiessen was born in New York City in and had already begun his writing career by the time he graduated from Yale University in The following year, he was a founder of The Paris bltadwin.rus At Play in the Fields of the Lord, which was nominated for the National Book Award, he published six other works of fiction, including Far Tortuga and Killing Mister Watson. Peter Matthiessen ( - April 5, ) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA officer. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, , category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, ). ON THE RIVER STYX And Other Stories. By Peter Matthiessen. pp. New York: Random House. $ Most of the people who admire Peter Matthiessen's novels and books on travel and nature don't.
On the River Styx was published in The individual stories in this collection were written and published at different intervals over a long span of time (from the s into the s). Anyone who reads these stories can follow Matthiessen's maturation as a writer over time. The two recent stories, American in setting and longer, denser and more complex in mood, express not departure but the shock of return. In ''On the River Styx'' () Burkett, an environmental. On the River Styx And Other Stories. Peter Matthiessen. • 1 Rating; More Books by Peter Matthiessen. The Snow Leopard. Shadow Country. In Paradise.
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