The following version of this book was used to create this study guide. Hardcover, 892 pages, random house inc, list price. Watson, lost mans river and bone by bone was conceived as a single vast mysterious novel, but because of its length, it was originally separated into three books. If youve read matthiessens fiction or nonfiction then you are familiar with his propensity to write two sentences when one might possibly suffice. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 892 pages and is available in hardcover format. Shadow country a new rendering of the watson legend. In paradise, matthiessen considers our capacity for. Watson, the everglades sugarcane planter and notorious outlaw of the wild florida frontier.
Shadow country kindle edition by matthiessen, peter. Book one is told variously by the people who knew him and ultimately killed him. Peter matthiessen s shadow country is an extraordinary literary achievement by one of this country s best authors of recent times. Shadow country is peter matthiessens reimagining of the legend of e. He practised zen buddhism and was seen by some as a newage guru.
But since i am a huge peter matthiessen fan i bought the book anyway. Shadow country has three booksbook i begins with a thirdperson narrator describing edgar watsons death on the shore of chokoloskee bay. See all books authored by peter matthiessen, including the snow leopard, and shadow country, and more on. Peter matthiessen shadow country 2008 modern library. Shadow country modern library i wondered why i should read another 900 pages of the mr watson saga. Peter matthiessen brings the places and time to life. Matthiessen is the only writer to ever win a national book award in both fiction for his last book, shadow country, and adult nonfiction for his 1978 travel journal, the snow leopard.
As well as the watson trilogy, his fiction includes at play in the fields of the lord and far tortuga. From his everglades trilogy peter matthiessen has coaxed a masterpiece, a wrenching story of familial, racial and environmental degradation stretching from the civil war to the great depression. A new rendering of the watson legend, matthiessen says his initial manuscript ran to more than 1,500. Finally now we have this threepart saga welded like a bell, and with watsons song the last sound, all the elements fuse and resonate. The fiction of peter matthiessen is the reason a lot of people in my generation decided to be writers. Vividly capturing the american hinterlands at the turn of the twentieth century, i. Time and money well spent, this is another masterpiece. Peter matthiessen books list of books by author peter. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Free download or read online shadow country pdf epub book.
Peter matthiessens great american epickilling mister watson, lost. Matthiessen later revised and compiled the three volumes into a single novel, shadow country 2008, which won the national book award for fiction. Richard ford shadow country, matthiessens distillation of the earlier watson saga, represents his original vision. Shadow country, book by peter matthiessen paperback.
Peter matthiessens shadow country is an extraordinary literary achievement by one of this countrys best authors of recent times. Shadow country by peter matthiessen, first edition abebooks. I will definitely recommend this book to travel, non fiction lovers. Richard ford peter matthiessen is a brilliantly gifted and ambitious writer, an inspired anatomist of the american mythos. Matthiessen reduced the 1,320page trilogy to a single volume, but, at 892 pages, shadow country could still do considerable damage dropped on the head of a yappy dog or a whiny child. Shadow country is a novel by peter matthiessen, published by random house in 2008. Shadow country lee county library system overdrive. Shadow country, by peter matthiessen the independent. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read shadow country. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are. As the jacket is protected in a brodart, there will be some flash ghosts. In paradise 2014 details the reflections of a holocaust scholar on a meditative retreat at auschwitz.
Shadow country traverses strange landscapes and frontier hinterlands inhabited by americans of every provenance and color, including the black and indian inheritors of the archaic racism that, as watsons wife observed, still casts its shadow over the nation. This article was most recently revised and updated by amy tikkanen, corrections manager. First edition peter matthiessens great american epic three books killing mr. His estranged son, an historian determined to learn and. Shadow country livros na amazon brasil 9780679640196.
Mens journal the fiction of peter matthiessen is the reason a lot of people in my generation decided to be writers. Shadow country by peter matthiessen won the national book award for fiction in 2008. Enormous in scope as well as page count, it is really three books in one. The central axle of peter matthiessens magnificent and capacious novel is another largerthanlife figure, e. Shadow country by peter matthiessen overdrive rakuten. Shadow country has three books that roughly correspond to the earlier separate novels while providing smooth segues between speakers to form an essentially linear account of watsons rise and fall, matthiessen uses his multiple narrators to create tantalizing ambiguities, not so much about the justice of watsons death or even about the facts of his life but about the. Peter matthiessen novelist, naturalist and explorer is the only writer to have won national book awards in fiction and nonfiction.
Shadow country is a bold new rendering of those books. Killing mister watson, lost mans river, and bone by bonepeter matthiessens great american epic about everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw e. Peter matthiessen revisits his fictionalized account of the brutal plantation owner edgar j. Peter matthiessen is the author of more than thirty books and the only writer to win the national book award for both nonfiction the snow leopard, in two categories, in 1979 and 1980 and fiction shadow country, in 2008. After all, id already ready the previous watson books. Richard ford shadow country, matthiessens distillation of the. The first edition of the novel was published in 2008, and was written by peter matthiessen. Shadow country is an epic of american rise and descentpoetic, mythic, devastating. Peter matthiessens historicalfiction magnum opus, shadow country. A new rendering of the watson legend, is a semifictional account of edgar bloody watson, a sugarcane farming pioneer and alleged outlaw who was killed by his neighbors in the ten thousand islands of southwestern florida.
Peter matthiessen audio books, best sellers, author bio. Pdf the snow leopard book by peter matthiessen free. Subtitled a new rendering of the watson legend, it is a semifictional. Peter matthiessens lyrical and illuminating work in the watson narrative has been. The book has been awarded with national book award for. Peter matthiessen may 22, 1927 april 5, 2014 was an american novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer and cia agent.
Subtitled a new rendering of the watson legend, it is a semifictional account of the life of scottishamerican edgar bloody watson 18551910, a real florida sugar cane planter and alleged outlaw who was killed by a posse of his neighbors in the remote ten thousand islands region of southwest florida. Richard ford shadow country, matthiessen s distillation of the earlier watson saga, represents his original vision. National book award, fiction, 2008inspired by a nearmythic event on the wild florida frontier at the turn of the 20th century, shadow country reimagines the legend of the inspired everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw e. His description of the landscape after a hurricane is perfect. Vividly capturing the american hinterlands at the turn of the twentieth century, it traces the story of watson through eyewitness persp.
Shadow country by peter matthiessen in doc, epub, rtf download ebook. From his everglades trilogy peter matthiessen has coaxed a masterpiece. Shadow country by peter matthiessen, paperback barnes. Shadow country lives up to anyones highest expectations for great writing.