Drinking Dry Clouds
Stories From Wyoming
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Published:1st Nov '05
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A collection of short stories set in Wyoming during World War II.
A collection opens during World War II with the stories of cowboys, waitresses, and bartenders along with Japanese Americans interned at Wyoming's Heart Mountain.Drinking Dry Clouds is Gretel Ehrlich's storytelling in full swing. This inspired collection opens during World War II with the stories of cowboys, waitresses, and bartenders along with Japanese Americans interned at Wyoming’s Heart Mountain. Many of these characters were introduced in Ehrlich’s novel Heart Mountain. As she explains, “When I returned to my characters, five years after their initial appearance in my life, they seemed to want to report to me, so I let them speak in the first person.”
"Gretel Ehrlich has a strong, unique voice that grasps you and leads you along like a firm hand." Edward Hoagland "In Drinking Dry Clouds, Gretel Ehrlich manages a control over her interconnected 'Stories from Wyoming' that is similar to that achieved in a fine novel; these stories collectively equal a novel's scope and depth." Magill Book Reviews "These spare, 'palm-in-the-hand' stories are eloquent character sketches linked by geography and time... Each portrait, narrated in the first person, is both delicate, sturdy, and skillful." Library Journal
ISBN: 9780803267541
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 181g
160 pages