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More copies of this ISBN:The Fish's Eye: Essays about Angling and the Outdoorsby Ian Frazier
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In The Fish's Eye: Essays about Angling and the Outdoors, Ian Frazier explores his lifelong passion for fishing, fish, and the acquatic world. He sees the angler's environment all around him-in New York's Grand Central Station, in the cement-lined pond of a city park, in a shimmering bonefish flat in the Flordia keys, in the trout streams of the Rocky Mountains. He marvels at the fishing in the turbid Ohio River by downtown Cincinatti, where a good bait for catfsh is half a White Castle french fry. The incidentals of the angling experience, the who and the where of it, interest him as much as what he catches and how. The essays (including the famous profile of master angler Jim Deren, late proprietor of New York's tackle store, the Angler's Roost) contain sharply focused observations of the American outdoors, a place filled with human alterations and detritus that somehow remains defiantly unruined. Frazier's simple love of the sport lifts him to straight -ahead angling description that are among the best contemporary writing on the subject. The Fish's Eye brings together twenty years of heartfelt, funny, and vivid essays on a timeless pursuit where so many mysteries, both human and natural, coincide. Book News Annotation:Neither love for nor even familiarity with fishing is required to
enjoy this collection of Frazier's essays published over a couple of
decades in The New Yorker and other magazines. Frazier's writing
betrays a habit of compulsive observation. His essays on fishing in
the city, for example, describe the people fishing, their
conversation, their bait, their catch, and the flotsam that floats
by, named by brand. All these observed details create an
undercurrent in the narrative on America's stuff, geography, city
life, and people, that accompanies the history of fishing and stories
of fishermen, streams, fording, and choice of flies.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:"Trust Ian Frazier to break new ground in the literature about fishing....His humor and enthusiasm infuse the 17 essays collected in The Fish's Eye with the manic enthusiasm few anglers can ever explain." Tyler D. Johnson, New York Times Book Review About the AuthorIan Frazier lives in Montclair, New Jersey. He is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker, among other publications. His previous books include Great Plains, On the Rez, Family, and Coyote V. Acme. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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