Port William: Nathan Coulter : A Novel (Series #1) (Paperback)

from LauGal

Short book but dense read. The beautiful writing of Wendell Berry,once again.The characters of Port William. This story was beautifully told. But after the detailed stories of fishing and hunting and farming,it had quite the abrupt ending. I turned the page and the story was done! If you like Wen...

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An American pastoral novel that is misleadingly serene, in that a great deal happens that could be considered action or tragedy, but which the characters and the novel both take in stride as the normal course of life and nature. The novel moseys along, slowly meandering to the point where Berry'...

from fuzzi

Told from the perspective of a young boy, this story illustrates life in a rural and poor community, where family was foremost even when strife and anger divided it. Good read.

from lauralkeet

Nathan Coulter is the first of Wendell Berry's Port William stories, all set in an early 20th-century fictional Kentucky farming community. Nathan is a young boy who, along with his older brother, Tom, helps tend the family farm. His extended family includes his grandparents and the "black sheep"...