The Corner of Rife and Pacific

Set in Montana and following the course of two marriages marked by happiness and sorrows, this novel chronicles two generations of the Metlen family and their struggles to presevere in early twentieth-century America

Savage, Thomas

Literature & Fiction

Penguin??Books

Product Description \nNow an award-winning Netflix film by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst: Thomas Savage's acclaimed Western is "a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (Boston Globe) for fans of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain.\nSet in the wide-open spaces of the American West, 
The Power of the Dog is a stunning story of domestic tyranny, brutal masculinity, and thrilling defiance from one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in American literature. The novel tells the story of two brothers — one magnetic but cruel, the other gentle and quiet — and of the mother and son whose arrival on the brothers’ ranch shatters an already tenuous peace. From the novel’s startling first paragraph to its very last word, Thomas Savage’s voice — and the intense passion of his characters — holds readers in thrall.\n"Gripping and powerful...A work of literary art." —Annie Proulx, from her afterword\nReview 
"I never met Tom Savage but we corresponded and spoke on the telephone several times after he contacted me saying he had read my short story 'Brokeback Mountain.' At that time I did not know this writer's books and he was kind enough to send me a copy of 
Power of the Dog which 
I read with dawning realization that here was a fine western writer whose work had been overlooked, perhaps because of homophobic prejudice."― 
Annie Proulx\n"A rich and challenging psychodrama...with echoes of 
East of Eden and 
Brokeback Mountain."― 
Peter Beech, 
The Guardian\n"Savage writes like thunder and lightning...Some books are like aquifers under the desert. They rest patiently, bubbling up in springs when we most need them."― 
Susan Salter Reynolds, 
 Los Angeles Times\n"A pitch-perfect evocation of time and place...Savage is a master of narrative technique."― 
Amanda Heller, 
Boston Globe\n"Thomas Savage is a writer of the first order, and he possesses in abundance the novelist's highest art-the ability to illuminate and move."― 
The New Yorker\n"Thomas Savage is a writer of real consequence...a masterful novelist."― 
Jonathan Yardley, 
Washington Post\n" 
The Power of the Dog offers so many pleasures readers will be forgiven if they do not immediately notice that it also engages the grandest themes-among them, the dynamics of the family, the varieties of loves, and the ethos of the American West. Put simply, 
The Power of the Dog is a masterpiece."― 
Larry Watson, author of Montana 1948

The Power of the Dog

United States

Little,Brown

"A pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (Boston Globe) for fans of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain. This new edition, with an afterword by Annie Proulx, marks the return of one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in the literature of the American West. Set in 1920s Montana, this compelling domestic drama tells the story of two brothers -- and of the woman and young boy, mother and son, whose arrival on the brothers' ranch shatters an already tenuous peace. From the novel's startling first paragraph to its very last word, Thomas Savage's voice -- and the intense passion and cruelty of his characters -- holds readers in thrall. Soon to be a major Netflix film by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst.

The Power of the Dog : A Novel

Proulx, Annie

Back Bay Books

The Sheep Queen is a Western epic in miniature, the story of Emma Russell Sweringen, known as the Sheep Queen of Idaho ("surely one of the most fascinating characters in current fiction" -- Publishers Weekly); the daughter who disappointed her; the grandson who adored her; and the granddaughter, who was given up for adoption, who spent nearly half her life finding her way back to her family.

The Sheep Queen: A Novel

Midnight Line: A Novel

A strange God

The Liar: A Novel.

Possessed of astonishing beauty, steady self-possession, and a glorious style, Mary Skoning, the daughter of a dairy farmer, pursues a modeling career in Chicago, makes an unlikely marriage in Montana, and finds passion and troubles in a second marriage in San Francisco

For Mary, with love

Possessed of astonishing beauty, steady self-possession, and a glorious style, Mary Skoning, the daughter of a dairy farmer, pursues a modeling career in Chicago, makes an unlikely marriage in Montana, and finds passion and troubles in a second marriage in San Francisco

For Mary, With Love

Little,Brown & Co

Daddys Girl

Ballantine Books

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