From: iresprite	Date: December 12th, 2002 08:03 am (UTC)		(Link)
	to clarify

The River Why is a book about this fishing prodigy who is the son of two incredible fishers. The father is a fly fisherman and the mother is an expert with a rod. Rod fishermen and fly fishermen have this rivalry, I guess, and it comes out in a humorous way in this novel.

The focus of this book is the young man's life and how it revolves around fishing- and how his spirituality kind of arises from that. It's a really beautiful look at life. There is a bit of magic realism to the book, I think, or something like it. I really thought it was some of the most beautiful writing I'd read in a long time.