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Julip

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In three novellas, Jim Harrison takes us on an American journey as he leads us through the wondrous landscape of the human heart.
 
In this “richly allusive and wickedly funny” collection, Jim Harrison offers “three delightful studies of unique individuals battling inventively against society’s demands for conformity” (Library Journal).
 
Julip follows a bright and resourceful young woman as she tries to spring her brother from a Florida jail—he shot three of her former lovers below the belt. The Seven-Ounce Man continues the picaresque adventures of Brown Dog, a Michigan scoundrel who loves to eat, drink, and chase women, all while sailing along in the bottom 10 percent. The Beige Dolorosa is the haunting tale of an academic who, recovering from the repercussions of a sexual harassment scandal, turns to the natural world for solace. In each of these stories, the irresistible pull of nature becomes a magnificent backdrop for exploring the toughest questions about life and love.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 1, 1995
      Harrison's latest effort is a collection of three novellas: the title story, about a young woman's attempt to free her brother from jail; the adventures of a womanizing drunkard; and a sexual harassment victim who finds solitude in nature.

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      Starred review from April 4, 1994
      Three novellas that are rambunctious, spirited chases through rough emotional territory comprise the latest offedring by this protean writer. Typically, his humor tests the borders of the socially acceptable and the extremes of what is tolerable to a character; and there is pleasure to be had in this recklessness. In the title novella, for instance, the 21-year-old Julip goes out on a limb to try to persuade her brother, Bobby, to confess that he's insane so that he can get out of prison, where he's residing for having shot three ``older'' men who have been Julip's lovers. The wallop of the piece owes something to plot but more to character: it's made up of righteous deviants whose next unseemly act or fancy can't be predicted. ``The Seven-Ounce Man,'' about Harrison's familiar character, Brown Dog (previously seen in The Woman Lit by Fireflies ), is full of vitality but stretches the limits of plausibility as the narrative's contorted path becomes clogged with local color (a waitress who pines cartoonishly for sex; stereotypical lesbians). But Harrison is inherently refreshing, seeming to ditch due respect for civilization and to take off for strange parts. His energy appears unmitigated. Author tour.

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