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This story is beautifully written. It has a magical quality about it while the descriptions of stark winter time in North America are cemented in an almost brutal reality. The Hunter's wife is a magical tale that brings elements of the unknown into the lives of us all, guiding us to our own humanity. One of the best short stories I have read!
A good short story. I like how very good his descriptions are. You can nearly feel the cold. Nearly feel his winters. And the transformation of his wife and his own. I enjoyed this short story. Although I feel it was a story written to showcase winter. Not otherworldly matters. 3 stars.
Wonderful !!How could she tell him? How could she ask him to understand such a thing? How could anyone understand? More clearly than ever she could see that there was a fine line between dreams and wakefulness, between living and dying, a line so tenuous it sometimes didn't exist. It was always clearest for her in winter. In winter, in that valley, life and death were not so different.
There isn't much plot, it's about a man meeting up with his wife after 20 years, with flashbacks to their courting and first few years of marriage. He's a very practical man, who doesn't believe in magic. She's half his age and a former musician's assistant, who discovers she has psychic powers. It's an interesting piece; mostly I liked the scenes of the Montana wilderness during the harsh winters--as a Californian, I prefer my harsh winters from the coziness of my armchair, hot chocolate next t...
It's beautiful. I can't find another word to describe it.
If you want to read something exceptional.
Wow! I read this short story with the Novel Pairings Podcast episode that will air on 1/12/21. This story is about the hunter, his wife, and the visions that she has after something dies. She has visions to assist the loved ones left behind. The writing is beautiful. Impressive.
Seriously strange and surreal short story, but I love Doerr's descriptions and ability to pull you into whatever setting he writes about.
The Hunter hunts his prey from town to town for 3 years until she becomes his wife. During five years of marriage the Hunter desperately tries to under his mystical wife; 20 years later she still is an awe to him. I actually feel as though I've just snapped out of a daydream. "He wanted to tell her that although the wolves were gone, may always have been gone, they still came to him in dreams. That they could run there, fierce and unfettered, was surely enough."A magical piece from Doerr!
Very magical and descriptive short story. Definitely not what I was expecting, but I was pleasantly surprised. Left me wanting more. I could read a short novel about these characters and the story they have to tell. The only thing I didn't particularly care for was the age difference between the hunter and his wife.. He meets her when she is just fifteen year old. He is thirty and clearly intends on having a sexual relationship with her at some point (at least he waits for her to be 18, yay for
So basically he’s a nonce? That’s it.
