Wolverine Cirque
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $1.99
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Publisher Description
Wolverine Cirque, one of the steepest and most dangerous ski runs in North America, looms over this original short—a taut, gripping tale of male athleticism and love—by Joseph Olshan
Sam and Mike, top-notch skiers, hike miles off piste to face a harrowing headwall of snow, a sheer descent that challenges their skill, their endurance, and ultimately, their ability to survive.
At the center of the story is Sam’s painful and poignant reminiscence of a complicated and doomed love affair with Luc, a Division I soccer player who struggles with his identity and the surprising power of desire finally unleashed. As both men grapple with the intensity of their affection for one another, Sam is forced to reckon that his attempt to master Wolverine Cirque is really a futile effort to stay the arguably more difficult course of his declining youth.
Customer Reviews
Moving and surprising
This short story by Joseph Olshan is astonishing in how much it manages to portray in just a few pages. In a tender love story interwoven with a man's reflections on ageing and mortality, with shades of Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", Olshan takes us on a journey that is as much about the past as it is about the vertical path down the dangerous pass of Wolverine Cirque. Olshan has many insights to share about the nature of love, and love of nature. Highly recommended.