In the Loyal Mountains [Paperback]

To quote the Los Angeles Times: Impelled by a profound love of the land, the ten stories in In the Loyal Mountains are a reminder that American literature draws its unique strength from a powerful sense of place. In this luminous collection, Rick Bass firmly establishes himself as a master of the short story, with tales that embrace vibrant images of ordinary human life and exuberant descriptions of the natural world.

To quote the Los Angeles Times: Impelled by a profound love of the land, the ten stories in In the Loyal Mountains are a reminder that American literature draws its unique strength from a powerful sense of place. In this luminous collection, Rick Bass firmly establishes himself as a master of the short story, with tales that embrace vibrant images of ordinary human life and exuberant descriptions of the natural world.

Moving and self-assured . . . something like the heft of a wonderfully layered novel. Publishers Weekly, Starred

Bass's fiction takes us to the borders of civiliation, here we glimpse an untamed worlds of myth and mystery. Entertainment Weekly