HACKER SAFE certified sites prevent over 99.9% of hacker crime.



 
Ships free on qualified orders.
$5.95
List price: 12.00
You save: $6.05
TRADE PAPER, USED
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 BeavertonLiterature- A to Z
7 BurnsideLiterature- A to Z
1 Local Warehouse Literature- A to Z


The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas: Stories
by Davy Rothbart

The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas: Stories Cover

About This Book

ISBN13: 9780743263054
ISBN10: 0743263057
Condition: Standard
All Product Details

Powells.com Staff Pick

"Rothbart's stories are as assured and wild and as full of life as someone fully at home in his craft....All of Rothbart's stories are told in first person, which only adds to my curiosity about his personal history. When someone's fiction seems so real, you can't help but wonder where it comes from. After all, sometimes the truth about someone can be found in their fiction." Kevin Sampsell, Powells.com (read the entire Powells.com review)

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

In The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas, Davy Rothbart's stories grow out of road trips and small towns and are populated by questionable heroes and gold-hearted thugs. Full of loneliness and hope, heartbreak and humor, Rothbart's tales blaze their way from midwestern farm fields to state prisons and border-town brothels.

Much like the lost, tossed, and forgotten items Rothbart collected in his acclaimed book, Found, the stories in The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas capture the oddity, poetry, and dignity of everyday life.

Review:

"I believe in Davy. He is a force to be reckoned with."

-- Ira Glass, host of public radio's This American Life

Review:

"Davy Rothbart's stories make me wanna cry. His mid-west, white boy, thug-with-a-heart aesthetic captivates my brain and stands as the thread that laces together this heartbreaking self-published quintet of short stories. Each piece is crafted, first person, around a soul that is aching to figure out the big picture, but is mired in the here and now with the cards they're dealt." Brian Brait, The Portland Mercury

Review:

"Davy writes with his whole heart. These stories are crushing."

-- Arthur Miller

Review:

"It's always exciting to discover a talented new writer. Davy Rothbart writes with such energy, wit, and heart."

-- Judy Blume

Review:

"I believe in Davy. He is a force to be reckoned with."

-- Ira Glass, host of public radio's This American Life

Table of Contents

Lie big — First snow — The lone surfer of Montana, Kansas — How I got here — Elena.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780743263054
Subtitle:
Stories
Author:
Rothbart, Davy
Publisher:
Touchstone Books
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
Edition Description:
B102
Publication Date:
August 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
162
Dimensions:
794x530x41 38