This House of Sky
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This House of Sky
Ivan Doig
Biography & Memoir
James Mustich
Aug 1, 2018
This House of Sky is one of the most beautiful books you will ever read. It is the story of three survivors (Ivan, his father, and his maternal grandmother), and of the environment—the hardscrabble world of Montana sheep ranching—that shaped them all, and which they each outlasted. Doig was blessed with a gift for refreshing common experience and everyday struggle with the benediction of the right words. In powerful writing about the landscape of Montana and the influence it has exerted on the spirit and culture of its inhabitants; about ranching and its associated works and days; about memory, family, and all the ramifications of kinship, Doig poignantly charts the translation of experience from labor to language across the generations.
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DeAnn Rossetti
Oct 28, 2018
I agree that this is a gorgeous book filled with achingly lush prose. Ivan Doig reminds me of Wallace Stegner married with Loren Eisley.
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Fred Walter
Dec 5, 2018
Outstanding writing; incredible similes.
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Carol Ann Weaver
Jan 27, 2023
This is such a beautiful book. Loved it. We listened to it on a road trip through the West! Perfect.
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