A River Runs Through It
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- This article is about A River Runs Through It, the novella. For information on the film, see A River Runs Through It (film).
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| Author | Norman Maclean |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Autobiographical, Novella |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Released | May 1976 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 231 p. (hardback edition) & 238 p. (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-226-50055-1 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-226-50066-7 (paperback edition) |
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories is a semi-autobiographical novella by Norman Maclean (1902–1990).
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This novella, which first came out in 1976 has been published in several ways. It is issued as a collection of short stories, including the novella, and bearing a title starting with that of the novella. The novella has also been published apart, usually as an art book with many photographs, or with many illustrations such as woodcuts.
For an illustrated version there is still in print a hardcover edition issued in Chicago by the University of Chicago Press in 1989 with ISBN 0-226-50060-8.
The collection of short stories with the novella, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories is issued as a paperback in Chicago by the University of Chicago Press in 2003 with ISBN 0-226-50066-7.
[edit] Film
In 1992, Robert Redford directed a film of the same name starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd. It was nominated for three Academy Awards and Philippe Rousselot won an Oscar for his cinematography.
Not surprisingly, the film fueled a dramatic rise in fly-fishing's popularity: the fly fishing industry expanded roughly three-fold in the five years following the film's release. This rapid expansion of the sport was a mixed bag, both for die-hard fisherfolk and for the fish. On the one side, many new technologies and refinements were brought to bear on ancient equipment and methods; fly-fishermen are gadget freaks by nature, so this was generally enjoyable. However, the well-known rivers also became very crowded with novices, and some ecosystems suffered. Both the unspoiled natural places and the contemplative state of mind portrayed in Maclean's book (and the film) became harder to find.
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