This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind Audiobook

" Anything by Ivan Doig is excellent! "

" I'm from Montana and have never read a book that I connected to more around my love for the state. Doig is an amazing writer. "

" Some parts are rather far fetched "

" His words, as sparse as the land he writes about, are beautiful. Again savored. "

" This is Doig's autobiogrphy. It is written in odd prose and I need to go back and re-read it before passing judgement. "

" love the history of the simple west "

" His fiction is much better! "

" if you want to know Montana and her people, read this. "

" Ivan Doig is a first rate writer--one of my favorites. Great characters and deep sense of place. "

" could not finish because of no interest in content or writing style "

" Read this in about a week (extremely fast for me). Poetic prose about the life and landscape of western Montana ranch life. When so many people I knew were somehow in Montana I was reading all about it... almost as good as being there. "

" my favorite book of all time...I love the scene of the farmers having coffee in town "

" I read this many years ago and remember loving it but don't really remember much else. Even so, I recommend it based on my memories of it and that quite a few other people I know have also read it and liked it. "

" Doig write beautifully about fascinating people. Love his books - all of them. "

" a marvelous memoir of a bright young man growing up in western montana in 1936-50. a very human story, although nothing spectacular happens. nice. "

" Loved this book! It's about my homeland - Montana. "

" This is my least favorite book ever. I just didn't like it. It was boring! "

" I enjoyed the memoir and have read most of his books. The language is quirky, sometimes to the point of distraction and cuteness. The word pictures stimulate the imagination--one can almost taste the grit of the difficulties he faced. "

" Ivan Doig is an amazing writer. I loved his description of a time and place that I didn't know existed. "

" Really enjoyable book. Doig presents detail without bogging the story down. "

" I re-read this last weekend and it's just as beautiful and lyrical and fully encompassing of the West as it was the first time I read it. You really can't be a Westerner, no matter how long your family has been here, until you've read 'This House of Sky'. "

" Has a few spots with language/content. "

" Ivan Doig is marvelous. This is a wonderful insight into his life and the inspirations for his stories and characters. Really enjoyed it, but it ended too soon. "

" Loved this book! It's about my homeland - Montana. "

" This was a good book but a little hard to get into--the ending should get at least 4 stars but overall I'm giving it 3 stars. "

" This is one of the best memoirs I've read in a long time. "

" Having fallen in love with Montana, I have now fallen in love with Ivan Doig's books and his unique literary voice. "

" COuld have been a 3 1/2. A little hard to get into, and not a quick read. Also a little somber. But a touching, real story. "

" <br/>Deeply riveting thoughts of the author's childhood, his family,his land. Having had an 'unconventional' upbringing myself, I could identify with his loving conclusions. All you need is love! "

" This story was a telling of Larry's life with a few exceptions and a review of life as we both experienced as children. Beautifully written. A bit wordy for me in some places. "

" very interesting story of how it really is to live in Montana and the strong bonds of father and son even when they are quite distant sometimes "

" A nearly perfect book, although his reluctance to split infinitives nearly drove me insane a few times, since it marred what would otherwise have been still more beautiful turns of phrase. "