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A return to what Doig does best; weave lush scenery from the people and places of the harsh dry farming country of eastern Montana. The description of how Morrie finds and sustains the fire for learning in Paul and the entire class is something that we all can use. The ending is somewhat of a surprise and sets the reader up to look for the continuation of the story hopefully in his next book.
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This is the fourth Doig book I've read and I never fail to be impressed. As a long-time teacher I've read hundreds of books that sometimes blur together, but I can absolutely remember every one of Doig's. Like Wallace Stegner, Doig has a way of evoking a time and place (the West) that is accurate while being truly lyrical and memorable. What I like about Doig is that you can "see" it all just so clearly. If you have an interest in life for some at the turn of the century, this book is for you. If you ever wondered about rural education and how the teacher coped, this book is for you. If you like hisorical fiction that is one hundered percent accurate while telling a good story, this book is for you. Ultimately, if you like quality writing that is worth reading in and of itself, this is time well spent. You will find yourself wanting to read other Doig novels. Like me, I know you will find them truly satisfying.
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Another intreging look at life in Montana and the struggles faced by a family left to themselves after the loss of the mother. What evolves is full of surprises and the characters come alive in the small farming community. I love Doigs writing and he is masterful in his weaving of a good story. I loved this book and would recommend.
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What a wonderful gentle, plainly-told tale this is to sit back in a comfortable chair and simply enjoy. The proverbial "slice of life" read, the focus on a loving but motherless home and a one-room Montana schoolhouse: ". . .the trails in the grass that radiated in as many directions as there were homesteads with children, all converging to that schoolhouse spot where I stood. . ."
I began reading Ivan Doig years ago, having gotten the only book available from a local book store. Others? I was told my best bet was to go to the Northwest. By coincidence, I was flying there in 2 days. Obviously, when I got there I bought everything and feasted for some time on Doig's stories. They are unmatched for beauty and warmth.
If you by any chance are unfamiliar with Doig, I can only urge you to treat yourself to an excellent experience.
There is one scene in Whistling Season where the protagonists watch a man on a steel-grey horse chase down a wolf. It is violent and repellent but so expertly written that one sees and feels the whole scene and is left open-mouthed. This is part of the West.
And the West is beautifully described after one man says, while standing on a high bluff, "Extravagant scenery." "Farther west, the tips of the Rockies were white with first snow, an iceberg flotilla that seemed to go on forever under the dark blue sky of late afternoon. All the hills in the world were stacked in shade of tan between there and where we stood. Almost at our feet, juniper patches pintoed down the breaks in the rimrock of the bluff, and lower still, wild roses blew gently in the wind." Hard to beat that.
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I bought Bucking the Sun out of the Bargain Bin a few years back. Here's another Doig title that I shouldn't have paid full price for. My bookmark is collecting dust between 138 and 139. There's just nothing to lure me back to the lifeless story or the boilerplate characters who seem to be cut and pasted on to the page. Maybe this story is going somewhere. I'm just not sure I want to be there when it does.
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