{"product_id":"the-beast-god-forgot-to-invent-paperback","title":"The Beast God Forgot to Invent - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable collection of novellas from the author of \u003ci\u003eLegends of the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e explores the line between civilization and the \"wild men.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Harrison is an American master. \u003ci\u003eThe Beast God Forgot to Invent\u003c\/i\u003e offers stories of culture and wildness, of men and beasts and where they overlap. A wealthy man retired to the Michigan woods narrates the tale of a younger man decivilized by brain damage. A Michigan Indian wanders Los Angeles, hobnobbing with starlets and screenwriters while he tracks an ersatz Native-American activist who stole his bearskin. An aging alpha canine, the author of three dozen throwaway biographies, eats dinner with the ex-wife of his overheated youth, and must confront the man he used to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Harrison's intricate symbolism and scathing observations of urban foibles, his sly humor and vibrant language remind readers that he is one of our most talented chroniclers of the masculine psyche, intellectual or not.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1937, in Grayling, Michigan. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarrison was also the author of over thirty books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including seven volumes of novellas, \u003ci\u003eLegends of the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Lit by Fireflies\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eJulip\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eThe Beast God Forgot to Invent\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eThe Summer He Didn't Die\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eThe Farmer's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and \u003ci\u003eThe River Swimmer\u003c\/i\u003e (2013); eleven novels, \u003ci\u003eWolf\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eA Good Day to Die\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), \u003ci\u003eFarmer\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \u003ci\u003eWarlock\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eSundog\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eDalva\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eThe Road Home\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eTrue North\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eReturning to Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eThe English Major\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Leader\u003c\/i\u003e (2011); thirteen collections of poetry, including most recently \u003ci\u003eSongs of Unreason\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Small Gods\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eSaving Daylight\u003c\/i\u003e (2006); and three works of nonfiction, the memoir \u003ci\u003eOff to the Side\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and the collections \u003ci\u003eJust Before Dark\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) and \u003ci\u003eThe Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand\u003c\/i\u003e (2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe winner of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountains \u0026amp; Plains Booksellers Association, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Letters (2007) and was named Officier des Arts et Lettres (2012) by the French Ministry of Culture for his \"significant contribution to the enrichment of the French cultural inheritance.\" His work has been published in twenty-seven languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarrison lived in Montana and Arizona before his death in 2016 at the age of seventy-eight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.36 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46610146263084,"sku":"9780802138361","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/H0wglpcKGi9780802138361.webp?v=1794203491","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/the-beast-god-forgot-to-invent-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}