Books by Norman Maclean
“This book, and the Robert Redford film that’s based on it, have probably brought more people to fishing than any other. At least since Izaak Walton. It’s an explicitly autobiographical novella that is both beautiful and, ultimately, about beauty. Beauty and impermanence. Loss. Fishing, I think, is also about these things: the search for, and the impossibility of holding onto, what is most beautiful. Fishing is part of what holds Norman and his brother Paul together in the story. It is scenery, subject and metaphor at once.” Read more...
Malachy Tallack, Memoirist
Interviews where books by Norman Maclean were recommended
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A River Runs Through It
by Norman Maclean -
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The Habit of Rivers: Reflections on Trout Streams and Fly Fishing
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The Secret Carp
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Trout Culture: How Fly Fishing Forever Changed the Rocky Mountain West
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The Earth Is Enough: Growing Up in a World of Trout and Old Men
by Harry Middleton
The best books on Fishing, recommended by Malachy Tallack
The best books on Fishing, recommended by Malachy Tallack
Fishing as an activity offers the hobbyist an excuse to leave everyday worries on the shore; it’s an opportunity for solitude, and for deep, even meditative, appreciation of the natural world. Here, Malachy Tallack—the keen angler and author of fly-fishing memoir Illuminated by Water, selects five of the best books on fishing.
The best books on Brothers, recommended by Tim Lott
Novelist Tim Lott, whose autobiographical book Under the Same Stars lays bare a dysfunctional relationship with his brother, tells us about love and rivalry among siblings – and, from Cain and Abel on, the dark, even murderous, impulses that can be engendered between them.
