My Heart Is a Mountain: Tales of Magic and the Land
Autor Catherine Dybiec Holmen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2010
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My Heart Is a Mountain is a collection of eleven fiction stories and one memoir piece. From northern Minnesota to Alaska, from the Dustbowl to Appalachia, from swamps to mountains to the afterlife, these tales blend the magic and the mundane as characters discover themselves, their limitations, and their greatness.
Catherine Holm is an award-winning writer who lives with her husband Chris in rural Cook, Minnesota, on ten acres of boreal forest. Her short stories have been published in several anthologies and chapbooks. She writes about human yearning and how it is shaped by land and place.
Catherine Holm is an award-winning writer who lives with her husband Chris in rural Cook, Minnesota, on ten acres of boreal forest. Her short stories have been published in several anthologies and chapbooks. She writes about human yearning and how it is shaped by land and place.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780982354551
ISBN-10: 098235455X
Pagini: 123
Dimensiuni: 140 x 211 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Holy Cow Press
ISBN-10: 098235455X
Pagini: 123
Dimensiuni: 140 x 211 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Holy Cow Press
Recenzii
"Catherine Holm writes with great and winning assurance and with nuanced compassion. My Heart is a Mountain is a truly lovely book by a fine writer."—Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
“Catherine Holm is a gifted storyteller. She explores the journeys we must all take through grief and healing, life and death; and she writes of the land with the passion of a lover. Her writing is both magical and of the earth; lyrical and accessible. I highly recommend her stories to anyone who listens for the heartbeat of the earth."—Mary Casanova, author of The Klipfish Code
“This fine debut collection of stories has great variety, and both reach and grasp of what it means to be fully human.”—Will Weaver, author of The Last Hunter: An American Family Album
"The greatest strength in each of the stories is Holm’s ability to peer into the deepest reaches of the minds of her characters and to so eloquently divulge the secrets of their being, even more so than the characters themselves would have the courage to admit to themselves. On the whole, it’s a terrific collection of stories by a gifted writer. Each description of person or place speaks volumes of history, and the pleasure, grief, bliss, and fear from the characters can almost be tasted. Life and death, relationships, love and hate, missed opportunities, and leaps of faith are a few of the literary undercurrents one can dip their minds into by reading My Heart is a Mountain."—Nathan Bergstedt, Grand Rapids Herald-Review
"Catherine Holm, of rural Cook, has a gift for storytelling and an emotional connection with her subject matter that shines through in a new collection of stories just released by Holy Cow! Press. Her stories are varied and personal, with an efficiency of prose that is the hallmark of all good short fiction. In this collection, we read of disappearing men, detours, and transcendence."—Timberjay
"I enjoyed the diverse community of characters I met in the stories, all dealing with magic and dreams, sadness and hope, and unexpected endings. Catherine Holm is an excellent writer. Her stories grab the imagination and hold on to it. The slim volume made for me one day’s good read. I look forward to more books by her."—Ken Wachsberger, Editor, Voices from the Underground: Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press
"America's mountains and forests take a special type of individual to call them home. My Heart is a Mountain: Tales of Magic and the Land is a collection of short stories along with some memoir from Catherine Holm as she speaks and reflects on mountain life and its special breed of challenge and the exhilaration that comes with it. A fascinating and insightful short fiction collection, My Heart is a Mountain is very highly recommended."—Midwest Book Review
"I would love to know Catherine Holm. Have you ever felt that way about a writer you have never read before? I’ve just read Holm's first short story collection, My Heart is a Mountain. It's a series of beautifully rendered and heartfelt stories about living on the land, which Catherine Holm does with her husband Chris up in Cook, Minnesota."—Dave Wood, River Falls Journal
"Subtitled 'Tales of Magic and the Land,' the debut collection from this author who lives near Cook is gracefully written, interesting and compassionate."—Mary Ann Grossmann
"Her stories often interweave fantasy with life in the north woods, creating an intriguing mix of otherworldly and iron-ore-clad reality good for a hot day's or cold night's comfort."—Konnie LeMay, Lake Superior Magazine
“Catherine Holm is a gifted storyteller. She explores the journeys we must all take through grief and healing, life and death; and she writes of the land with the passion of a lover. Her writing is both magical and of the earth; lyrical and accessible. I highly recommend her stories to anyone who listens for the heartbeat of the earth."—Mary Casanova, author of The Klipfish Code
“This fine debut collection of stories has great variety, and both reach and grasp of what it means to be fully human.”—Will Weaver, author of The Last Hunter: An American Family Album
"The greatest strength in each of the stories is Holm’s ability to peer into the deepest reaches of the minds of her characters and to so eloquently divulge the secrets of their being, even more so than the characters themselves would have the courage to admit to themselves. On the whole, it’s a terrific collection of stories by a gifted writer. Each description of person or place speaks volumes of history, and the pleasure, grief, bliss, and fear from the characters can almost be tasted. Life and death, relationships, love and hate, missed opportunities, and leaps of faith are a few of the literary undercurrents one can dip their minds into by reading My Heart is a Mountain."—Nathan Bergstedt, Grand Rapids Herald-Review
"Catherine Holm, of rural Cook, has a gift for storytelling and an emotional connection with her subject matter that shines through in a new collection of stories just released by Holy Cow! Press. Her stories are varied and personal, with an efficiency of prose that is the hallmark of all good short fiction. In this collection, we read of disappearing men, detours, and transcendence."—Timberjay
"I enjoyed the diverse community of characters I met in the stories, all dealing with magic and dreams, sadness and hope, and unexpected endings. Catherine Holm is an excellent writer. Her stories grab the imagination and hold on to it. The slim volume made for me one day’s good read. I look forward to more books by her."—Ken Wachsberger, Editor, Voices from the Underground: Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press
"America's mountains and forests take a special type of individual to call them home. My Heart is a Mountain: Tales of Magic and the Land is a collection of short stories along with some memoir from Catherine Holm as she speaks and reflects on mountain life and its special breed of challenge and the exhilaration that comes with it. A fascinating and insightful short fiction collection, My Heart is a Mountain is very highly recommended."—Midwest Book Review
"I would love to know Catherine Holm. Have you ever felt that way about a writer you have never read before? I’ve just read Holm's first short story collection, My Heart is a Mountain. It's a series of beautifully rendered and heartfelt stories about living on the land, which Catherine Holm does with her husband Chris up in Cook, Minnesota."—Dave Wood, River Falls Journal
"Subtitled 'Tales of Magic and the Land,' the debut collection from this author who lives near Cook is gracefully written, interesting and compassionate."—Mary Ann Grossmann
"Her stories often interweave fantasy with life in the north woods, creating an intriguing mix of otherworldly and iron-ore-clad reality good for a hot day's or cold night's comfort."—Konnie LeMay, Lake Superior Magazine
Notă biografică
Catherine Dybiec Holm: Catherine Holm has published short stories, creative nonfiction, and numerous articles and essays. She won a 2006 McKnight/ARAC prose fellowship and a 2003 Minnesota State Arts Board prose fellowship to support her fiction.
Catherine is working on her third novel, and adding to her collection of 50+ short stories. The magic in everyday life is a big part of her writing, as is the importance of place.
Catherine is a self-employed freelance writer and editor. She lives in the northern Minnesota woods with her husband and several cats, dogs, and chickens. She enjoys reading, yoga, gardening, wilderness camping, and many outdoor activities.
Catherine is working on her third novel, and adding to her collection of 50+ short stories. The magic in everyday life is a big part of her writing, as is the importance of place.
Catherine is a self-employed freelance writer and editor. She lives in the northern Minnesota woods with her husband and several cats, dogs, and chickens. She enjoys reading, yoga, gardening, wilderness camping, and many outdoor activities.
Descriere
A debut collection of magical short stories, filled with compassion for the rugged frontier wilderness and its unique characters.
Premii
- Northeastern Minnesota Book Award Nominee, 2010