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Re: Larry McMurtry has died

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Post by redis_mlc » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 3:12 AM UTC

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #2

Never heard of "Lonesome Dove", or that he was the author behind the movie Brokeback Mountain. I grew up in Italy, lived abroad for a few years in my adult life (northern Europe and Singapore), and spent 2012 to 2020 in San Francisco (I'm now back to Italy). Despite 8+ years of living in the US, I occasionally stumble on articles like this, and am very happy to discover yet another piece of American culture that I co…

> It's easy for Europeans to dismiss the US as a young Country with little history

And Americans have long dismissed Europe as old countries that became "sick men", and now is known as Europistan.

Re: Larry McMurtry has died

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Post by drallison » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 8:26 AM UTC

It is sad to see Larry McMurtry has passed on. He was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford 1960-1961 along with my friend, Peter Beagle.

My personal favorite of Larry's books is "Leaving Cheyenne", which plays out three intertwined lives in West Texas during the brief interlude we call the "wild West". While "Lonesome Dove"is an epic novel, "Leaving Cheyenne" is an intense record of love and commitment set against the evolving West Texas backdrop. It is among the few novels I have read more than once.

Re: Larry McMurtry has died

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Post by jeffreyrogers » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:54 PM UTC

skeeter2020 wrote: post #23

jeffreyrogers wrote: post #14

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The book "A River Runs Through It", which is three short stories, one of which is also called "A River Runs Through It" is very good too. I read it once over 10 years ago and I still think about it from time to time.

I really liked the book as well, and even the film! The author worked with the forestry service and it certainly shows in his understanding and deep love for the outdoors; making nature an integral part of the human psyche. The locale of Idaho (similar to Montana and Wyoming) is some of the shrinking open space left in the lower 48. I'm farther north in the Eastern Rockies and it's a very similar environment. I also…

My uncle loves Louis L'Amour, I haven't gotten around to anything by him yet but will have to someday soon.