Caribou Island is a masterpiece. Set in the remote bleakness of water-soaked, small town Alaska, this is a tale of desperation, failure, of man-versus-nature but also of man so arrogant and self-involved, so removed from reality that he does not bother to properly prepare for the battle/5. Brilliantly drawn and fiercely honest, Caribou Island captures the drama and pathos of a husband and wife whose bitter love, failed dreams, and tragic past push them to the edge of destruction. A portrait of desolation, violence, and the darkness of the soul, it is an explosive and unforgettable novel from a writer of limitless bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins. · Set against the backdrop of Alaska’s unforgiving wilderness, Caribou Island is David Vann’s dark and captivating tale of a marriage pulled apart by rage and bltadwin.ru: HarperCollins e-books.
Title: Caribou Island Author: David Vann Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Audiobook Length: 8 hours, 18 minutes Synopsis (Courtesy of IndieBound): "On a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, a marriage is unraveling. Gary, driven by thirty years of diverted plans, and Irene, haunted by a tragedy in her past, are trying to rebuild their life together. That Caribou Island strains so far from the burdens of its ideas suggests that it may be time for Vann to cast his line in new directions, toward new obsessions. Ian Crouch is a contributor to the. Caribou Island. A Novel. David Vann. Harper: pp., $ Advertisement "Caribou Island" is disturbing, as dark as it is moving, powerful far beyond the dimensions of many debut novels.
Caribou Island is a masterpiece. Set in the remote bleakness of water-soaked, small town Alaska, this is a tale of desperation, failure, of man-versus-nature but also of man so arrogant and self-involved, so removed from reality that he does not bother to properly prepare for the battle. Caribou Island: A Novel [David Vann] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. On a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. The opening passages of David Vann’s swift and beautifully written first novel, “ Caribou Island,” introduce Gary and Irene, a long-married. Caribou Island traces the path of another Alaskan family scarred by suicide and hurtling toward its own violent end. Early on, Irene, a middle-aged woman, newly retired, recalls for her adult.
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