Norman Maclean on Fishing, Fire, and How ‘A River Runs Through It’ Got Published
Late Bloomer
The classic story collection ‘A River Runs Through It’ turns 40 this year, and shows no signs of age, as befits a book by a man who didn’t start writing fiction until he was 70.
This year, Norman Maclean’s indelible story collection, A River Runs Through Itcelebrates its 40th anniversary. Published by the University of Chicago Press after being rejected by the publishing community as unsellable, it remains a masterwork of Strunk & White restraint, economy, and vitality.
