East of the mountains / David Guterson.
A 73-year-old Seattle widower and retired heart surgeon, Ben Givens is an old hand at turning isolation to his advantage, both professionally and personally. Ben has been dealt a problem entirely beyond his powers of manipulation: a diagnosis of terminal cancer. With just a few months to live, he sets out across the Cascades for a hunting trip, planning to take his own life once he reaches the high desert. Between present-tense episodes, which demonstrate Ben's cranky commitment to his own extinction, we learn about his boyhood in Washington's apple country, his traumatic war experience in the Italian Alps, and the beginning of his vocation.
Record details
- ISBN: 0151002290
- ISBN: 1400032652
- ISBN: 9780151002290
- ISBN: 9781400032655
- Physical Description: 279 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., [1999]
- Copyright: ©1999
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| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.7 14 30511. |
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| Genre: | Action and adventure fiction. Hunting fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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- 58 of 59 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kenly Public Library | FIC Gut (Text) | 38950008337497 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Mary Duncan Public Library | FIC Gut (Text) | 38950610906606 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Guterson (Text) | 101091000362942 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F GUTERSON (Text) | 30664100074936 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | F Gut (Text) | 33632001898668 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC GUT (Text) | 31111002077070 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bath Community Library | FIC (Text) | 38344100840931 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Boonville Community Public Library | F GUTERSON (Text) | 30005100097347 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Broadway Branch | F/GUTERSON (Text) | 33262002333398 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bunn Branch | F/Guterson (Text) | 72350000095460 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
A 73-year-old Seattle widower and retired heart surgeon, Ben Givens is an old hand at turning isolation to his advantage, both professionally and personally. Ben has been dealt a problem entirely beyond his powers of manipulation: a diagnosis of terminal cancer. With just a few months to live, he sets out across the Cascades for a hunting trip, planning to take his own life once he reaches the high desert. Between present-tense episodes, which demonstrate Ben's cranky commitment to his own extinction, we learn about his boyhood in Washington's apple country, his traumatic war experience in the Italian Alps, and the beginning of his vocation.
