Dancing at the Rascal Fair
The central volume in Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana trilogy, Dancing at the Rascal Fair is an authentic saga of the American experience at the turn of this century and a passionate, portrayal of the immigrants who dared to try new lives in the imposing Rocky Mountains. Ivan Doig's supple tale of...
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The central volume in Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana trilogy, Dancing at the Rascal Fair is an authentic saga of the American experience at the turn of this century and a passionate, portrayal of the immigrants who dared to try new lives in the imposing Rocky Mountains. Ivan Doig's supple tale of landseekers unfolds into a fateful contest of the heart between Anna Ramsay and Angus McCaskill, walled apart by their obligations as they and their stormy kith and kin vie to tame the brutal, beautiful Two Medicine country.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780684831053 (0684831058)
ASIN: 684831058
Publish date: September 11th 1996
Publisher: Scribner
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Series: Two Medicine Trilogy (#2)
Ivan Doig belongs to that rare class of alchemists who can turn language into music.
I give up. I have written two reviews for this and both I have trashed. I cannot do the book justice. The lines are wonderful. The writing is not brash, but subtle. The relationships are beautifully portrayed. The book is about friendship and love. Love isn't always returned. How do you live with th...