Harrison's latest collection of novellas contains the return of the Yooper Chippewa (Anishnabe) Brown Dog, my favorite naturalist. The author states, "The attitudes of Brown Dog are my survival mechanism in a world in which I most often feel out of place."
The NYT Book Review described Brown Dog as, "an alter ego for Harrison, or for anyone who might imagine a life unburdened by ambition and materialism, in tune with both nature and natural appetites."
From Brown Dog Redux ...
"The only loud sound he liked was a storm on Lake Superior when monster waves would come crashing over the pier in Grand Marais or Marquette. He also liked the sounds of crickets and birds, and a hard rain in the forest in the summer with the wind blowing through billions of leaves."
Simple words, simple language, sublime images.
Get the book here.
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