On the River Styx and Other Stories

By Peter Matthiessen

Book Overview

Since the 1950s Peter Matthiessen has written fiction and nonfiction of elemental power and moral vision, including the acclaimed novels At Play in the Fields of the Lord and Far Tortuga and works of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394553993
• ISBN13: 9780394553993
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Quirky Solid Set of Stories

Dark characters on the edge people this author's tightly written stories in this collection. One of reminded of Cormac McCarthy. If you want to be taken to far off, exotic locales, right here in your back yard, read this fine book by a accomplished author.

Stories that you can't put down

Being a fan of short stories, I enjoyed "On the River Styx." Matthiessen's exploration of social morality is gripping in it's complexity. Certainly worth while on the first reading and better still on the second, I would recommend this book to readers who enjoy being lost in a good thought provoking story.