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Cold Comfort Life at the Top of the Map Barton Sutter |
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A whimsical look at the pleasures and challenges of living in the far north. Temperatures that dive to forty degrees below zero are only part of life in northern Minnesota, according to award-winning writer Barton Sutter. Cold Comfort is his temperamental tribute to the city of Duluth, Minnesota, where bears wander the streets and canoe racks are standard equipment. "Sutter knows Duluth and the hinterlands to the North the way Garrison Keillor knows Lake Wobegon and the prairies. With a nimble wit and a roving eye for detail, Sutter goes beneath the veneer of the North Country to expose its attraction, its quirks, and its characters. There isn't a clinker in the collection, and even if you've lived your entire life in Duluth or the North Country, you'll see your home place with new insight after reading Cold Comfort." —Duluth News-Tribune "Mostly whimsical, sometimes meditative, but most often warmhearted, these essays explore Lake Superior, its neighboring rivers and streams, duck hunting, cross-country skiing, bridges, cider-pressing parties, and camping out in the family car. Sutter's prose is clean, straightforward, and sometimes mirthful." —Chicago New City "An oddly brilliant and lovely little book. Resonant, evocative, and splendidly written." —Jim Harrison “You sense it in essay after essay: He knows it’s cold (in boldface) in Duluth, he knows it’s backward, he knows it’s crazy to live in a town where winter causes car tires to become square and freeze to the street—but, dang it, he lives here on purpose and he kind of loves it. Sutter, a poet and fiction writer who has lived in Duluth for 11 years, is a master of description. His words conjure vivid pictures.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “Cold Comfort documents Barton Sutter’s love affair with Duluth, Minnesota, the frozen port city at the foot of Lake Superior. The book is half Wordsworth, half Hallmark. A series of two- and three-page essays, Sutter’s work weaves together homespun wisdom and profound insights into a tapestry that should keep his readers warm and comfy through the winter.” —Minnesota Monthly Barton Sutter is the author of My Father's War and Other Stories (1991) and three books of poetry, most recently The Book of Names (1993). His work has appeared in dozens of magazines, including Minnesota Monthly and the North American Review. He makes his home in Duluth, Minnesota. Winner of a 1998 Northeast Minnesota Book Award 232 pages | 5-7/8 x 9 | 2000 |
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$16.95 Paper