Books like River teeth by David James Duncan
In River Teeth, David James Duncan convenes a medley of memorable characters: a lone woman wrestling a flock of unfocused sheep, a young girl crafting a fairy‑tale that ruptures her family’s bond, and a contemporary prophet battling those who mock his sacred river. Nested among these tales are the author’s own epiphanies—he calls them “river teeth”—remnants of ancient trees pulled into Northwestern waterways and reshaped by the current. Duncan uses this metaphor to frame time as a river, trees as experiences, and river teeth as the memories cast by the flow of time. Together, the stories and river teeth fortify one another, yielding a rich meditation on love, loss, passion, and the enduring allure of fly‑fishing.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: David James Duncan
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