Recommended it to my book group and they all enjoyed it too. It is a good idea to keep a character list as you go, though. I loved this book.

Like a river rolling toward the sea the stories flow and sing. Set in a tiny village on the Oregon Coast where the Mink River joins the Pacific Ocean, the people, animals and place continue to remain living characters in my mind. Meanwhile, the narrator’s story works as a frame that is filled with stories about the characters and the ancestors of the characters. It's prosely poetics. When was the last time you encountered a talking crow as a character? If you like Gabriel Garcia Marquez and William Faulkner, Native American and Irish lore, and stories that leap off the page, this book will not disappoint. (5 of 8 readers found this comment helpful).

We believe racism is a public health crisis. When it comes to feminism, pop culture aids us in translating feminist philos…, When Ron runs away, he ends up in Bordertown, a grim city that lies between the real world and the world of faerie, a place where elf and human gangs stalk the streets side by side, and where magic wo…. Doyle's characterization of small town life on the Oregon coast is captivating for its rich understanding of the joys and sufferings of life in this universe.

I loved the ending. Are there any that you relate to? Thought provoking, inspiring, haunting, hopeful, honest yet filled with delight, Mink River reads like a song, like houses and trees, like past and present, plant and water, vineyard wine and the ocean rolled into one. Want to Read. (And I use wonderful as wonder-full.) My friend was right, I did love the author's awareness and interpretation of nature, especially Moses the magical crow. The story line is magical, the prose poetic, the characters utterly real and lovable.

(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful). and brave of the place, its moist grace, its brawny I haven't enjoyed a book this much in so long! Moses the crow is a fabulous character who talks and is integral to the community. I cried when the book was over because I couldn't live in it any more. Mink River - The Film . I love Moses. The OSU P…, A reading group favorite, The Jump-Off Creek is the unforgettable story of homesteader Lydia Sanderson and her struggles to settle in the mountains of Oregon in the 1890s.

I loved this novel. All in all, Mink River is a fantastic novel.


Characters who move into my thoughts and stay for weeks. Buy As Gift. It blew me away. This captivating and exuberant tale is told by Gus Orviston, an irreverent young fly fisherman and one of the most appealing heroes in contemporary American fiction.

I highly recommend it for groups with readers aged 16 and up. Then I became immersed in the world of Neawanaka, loving (and worried by) the colorful characters. Right up there with David James Duncan's The River Why.

Magic!! For the events …, Combining the emotional power and dual narrative style of 'Before We Were Yours' with the nuanced, layered, and atmospheric mystery of 'The Dry', a powerful debut novel revolving around a shocking dis…. The story of Mink River stayed with me long after I turned the last page.

Speakers and thoughts need no quote markers. WANT A NOOK? Each voice is richly different.

In a small fictional town on the Oregon coast there are love affairs and almost-love-affairs, mystery and hilarity, bears and tears, brawls and boats, a garrulous logger and a silent doctor, rain and pain, Irish immigrants and Salish stories, mud and laughter.
Brian Doyle's Mink River was a book fat with words. Beautifully crafted word images transport the reader to a small, coastal Oregon town, peopled by unique, believable individuals, one of the most memorable being Moses, an intuitive and selfless hero.

The town is Neawanaka, whose residents get by as many real-life Oregon coast residents do: by logging, fishing, catering to tourists and dairy farming. Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. And it's got a local setting.

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I don't think I've ever read a book that had characters who felt so real.

Fantastic book.....mixture of Ken Kesey - Sometimes a Great Notion, Fannie Flagg-Fried Green Tomatoes, and David James Duncan- The River Why. The book had wonderful little stories like when grandpa told his grandson how his mother got the name "No Horse" and the story of the crow and a different look at what happened when you die. The action takes place in the fictional Northwestern coastal town of Neawanka. Okay. I wish it were longer, as I didn't want it to end. 13.