David James Duncan

The River Why is a 1983 novel by David James Duncan. While it initially starts off as a fishing story, The River Why turns into the story of a young person struggling to come to grips with the modern world.

Once in a great while a writer comes along who can truly capture the drama and passion of the life of a family. David James Duncan, author of the novel The River Why and the collection River Teeth, is just such a writer. And in The Brothers K he tells a story both striking and in its originality and poignant in its …

In his passionate, luminous novels, David James Duncan has won the devotion of countless critics and readers, earning comparisons to Harper Lee, Tom Robbins, and J.D. Salinger, to name just a few. Now Duncan distills his remarkable powers of observation into this unique collection of short stories and essays. At the …

Offers a loving tribute to the landscape, plants, and animals of his native Montana.