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River why

Flyfishing genius Gus Orviston, seeking refuge from his stuffy, world-famous father and ripsnorting cowgirl mother, embarks on a reluctant quest for meaning that leads him to an astonishing task.

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  • "Flyfishing genius Gus Orviston, seeking refuge from his stuffy, world-famous father and ripsnorting cowgirl mother, embarks on a reluctant quest for meaning that leads him to an astonishing task."@en
  • "Leaving behind a madcap, fishing-obsessed family, Gus embarks on an extraordinary voyage of self-discovery along his beloved Oregon rivers. What he unexpectedly finds is man's wanton destruction of nature and a burning desire to commit himself to its preservation. The River Why is a tale that gives a contemporary voice to the concerns and hopes of all living things on this beautiful, watery planet. It is the story of one man's search for meaning, for love, and for a sane way to live."
  • "Leaving behind a madcap, fishing-obsessed family, Gus embarks on an extraordinary voyage of self-discovery along his beloved Oregon rivers. What he unexpectedly finds is man's wanton destruction of nature and a burning desire to commit himself to its preservation. The River Why is a tale that gives a contemporary voice to the concerns and hopes of all living things on this beautiful, watery planet. It is the story of one man's search for meaning, for love, and for a sane way to live."@en
  • "L'histoire de Gus Orviston, jeune génie de la pêche à la mouche, et de sa famille haute en couleurs : un père auteur d'ouvrages sur la pêche et mondialement connu, une mère cow-girl, un frère qui a la phobie de l'eau. Plus un vieil Indien, philosophe original, un chien nommé Descartes, une souris qui chante, un gamin de dix ans, un journaliste un peu fou, un cadavre, une jolie fille ..."
  • "Since its publication by Sierra Club Books nearly two decades ago, "The River Why" has become a classic, now standing with Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It" as the most-read fiction about fly-fishing of our era."

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  • "La vie selon Gus Orviston : roman"
  • "La vie selon Gus Orviston"
  • "The River Why"
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  • "The River Why : [Twentieth-Anniversary Edition]"
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  • "The river why"
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