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Product Description [Read by William Hughes; Hillary Huber; Ray Porter]In three novellas,''Julip'', ''The Seven-Ounce Man'', and ''The Beige Dolorosa'', Jim Harrison takes us on a journey through the human heart. In each story, the pull of nature becomes the backdrop for exploring questions about life and love. About the Author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was the author of over thirty-five books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, including Legends of the Fall, The Road Home, The English Major, and The Farmer's Daughter. His writing appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Playboy, and the New York Times. He earned a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association. His work has been recognized worldwide and published in twenty-two languages. Review Three novellas that are rambunctious, spirited chases through rough emotional territory comprise the latest offering by this protean writer. Typically, his humor tests the borders of the socially acceptable and the extremes of what is tolerable to a character; and there is pleasure to be had in this recklessness….The wallop of the piece owes something to plot but more to character: it's made up of righteous deviants whose next unseemly act or fancy can't be predicted….Harrison is inherently refreshing, seeming to ditch due respect for civilization and to take off for strange parts. His energy appears unmitigated. --Publishers WeeklyIn each of these ingenious, funny, and absorbing tales, Harrison muses over the fact that while other people can be veritable quagmires for our souls, their odd, selfish, and reckless behavior can also be, perversely enough, a genuine elixir. --BooklistRichly allusive and wickedly funny, Harrison's book offers three delightful studies of unique individuals battling inventively against society's demands for conformity. --Library Journal From Library Journal The protagonists in this collection of three novellas are spunky aberrants who remain appealing despite their sometimes reprehensible behavior. Julip, whose name suggests the blending of a spring flower with an alcoholic drink, is a fascinating mixture of waiflike innocence and jaded sexuality. Brown Dog, seen earlier in The Woman Lit by Fireflies ( LJ 6/1/90) and revived now in "The Seven Ounce Man," was born "not to cooperate with the world," and lurches unsteadily from barroom brawls to protests against the desecration of Indian burial grounds. In "The Beige Dolorosa" a politically incorrect college professor attacks an "ecocircus" mime but seeks personal salvation by renaming the birds of America. Richly allusive and wickedly funny, Harrison's book offers three delightful studies of unique individuals battling inventively against society's demands for conformity.- Albert E. Wilhelm, Tennessee Technological Univ., CookevilleCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Harrison's latest effort is a collection of three novellas: the title story, about a young woman's attempt to free her brother from jail; the adventures of a womanizing drunkard; and a sexual harassment victim who finds solitude in nature.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist Harrison, a master of the novella, has crafted three clever, convoluted, and riveting portraits of coruscant personalities. The title piece is about a "vivid" young woman named Julip who has been surrounded by maniacs of one kind or another her entire life, from her alcoholic father and chilly mother to her certifiable brother and nymphomaniac cousin. Tough, resourceful, kind, and well versed in the ludicrousness of life, Julip trains dogs and finds solace in reading Emily Dickinson. In the second novella, "The Seven-Ounce Man," we meet a man called Brown Dog. Although he prefers the rhythm of nature to the craziness of humanit