The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness, Paperback/Rick Bass

GQ called the three short novels in this collection wondrous. A woman returns to live on her family's west Texas ranch . . . a man tracks his wife through a winter wilderness . . . an ancient ocean buried in the foothills of the Appalachians becomes a battleground for a young wildcat oilman and his aging mentor. Here is Bass at his magical, passionate, and lyrical best.