The River Beyond the World
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Picador
Published: September 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780312169862
Subjects: General; Fiction / General; Reading Group Guide; Fiction - General; Fiction
First sentence: Below Los Olmos the Rio Grande breaks against its bed, braiding into bends so tight it seems the river would hold off the moment it will give into the Gulf.