Preview

Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts.
You will get an email reminder before your trial ends.
Audible Plus auto-renews for $7.95/mo after 30 days. Upgrade or cancel anytime.

Mink River

By: Brian Doyle
Narrated by: David Drummond
Try for $0.00

$7.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $17.19

Buy for $17.19

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

In a small fictional town on the Oregon coast there are love affairs and almost-love-affairs, mystery and hilarity, bears and tears, brawls and boats, a garrulous logger and a silent doctor, rain and pain, Irish immigrants and Salish stories, mud and laughter. There's a Department of Public Works that gives haircuts and counts insects, a policeman who is addicted to Puccini, a philosophizing crow, beer, and berries. An expedition is mounted, a crime is committed, and there's an unbelievably huge picnic on the football field. Babies are born. A car is cut in half with a saw. A river confesses what it's thinking. This is the tale of a town, written in a distinct and lyrical voice, and when the book ends, listeners will be more than a little sad to leave the village of Neawanaka, on the wet coast of Oregon, beneath the hills that used to boast the biggest trees in the history of the world.

©2010 Brian Doyle (P)2014 Tantor Media
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Critic reviews

"Doyle writes with an inventive and seductive style that echoes that of ancient storytellers." ( Library Journal Starred Review

What listeners say about Mink River

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    232
  • 4 Stars
    66
  • 3 Stars
    35
  • 2 Stars
    23
  • 1 Stars
    14
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    227
  • 4 Stars
    54
  • 3 Stars
    26
  • 2 Stars
    10
  • 1 Stars
    9
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    200
  • 4 Stars
    58
  • 3 Stars
    30
  • 2 Stars
    21
  • 1 Stars
    11

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Gorgeous, Lyrical Writing

A poetic sampling of human, animal, and supernatural experiences among lives intertwined and lives independent of one another with no beginning or end

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Mesmerizing

Such a unique style - I enjoyed it thoroughly! I will listen to it more than once!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Oregon's Story

I have thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone who is in love with Oregon, stories, poetry and crows. Off to Brian Doyle's next book. Thank you. A University of Oregon alum, but I do like Beaver Baseball.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

4 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

magical!

this book was just as magical as Doyle's other books. he is masterful at weaving story with place and people. a beautiful escape for all to enjoy!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Unique performance of literary art.

Like walking out of the theater after a great performance I felt I was a better person after the experience. Such rich entertainment. I've had this book on my shelf for years but so glad I waited for the audio version. Drummond was perfect! Thanks.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

5 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

I wasn't ready for the story to end!

Very engaging story. Loved the characters and descriptions of the setting. The narration enhances an already enthralling tale.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Narrator excellent (if you overlook the crow)

Great lyrical prose, but the author never pulled me into the story. I got to the end and don’t know the point.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Favorite Book, inappropriate performance

This is a book you should read and not listen to. It's a beautiful story. Brian's writing is fresh and well worth relaxing with and savoring each word.
I started reading Mink River and decided to get the audible version because I was traveling. I ended up going back and reading it.
Read the "Thanks" at the end first.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Found myself really questioning the reviews

I wish I felt differently but this book really threw me for a loop, it read more as a historic memoir of various people (difficult to follow and fairly unrelated to any common theme for the story) versus a novel. Sadly, disappointing.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

I read this book several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. The audio book is even more enjoyable as the narrator is excellent, in my opinion. What a treat! Immersing myself in that tiny Oregon town with those amazing characters was a wonderful escape. I can see revisiting this book every few years which is something I rarely do. I will make a point of looking for other books by Brian Doyle. He left us much too soon, but what a legacy!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful