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Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring Fish
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About Body Of Water: A Sage, A Seeker, And The World's
Product Description Chris Dombrowski was playing a numbers game: two passions―poetry and fly-fishing; one child, with another on the way; and an income hovering perilously close to zero. Enter a miraculous email: Can’t go, it’s all paid for, just book a flight to Miami. Thus began a journey that would lead to the Bahamas and to David Pinder, a legendary bonefishing guide. Bonefish are prized for their elusiveness and their tenacity. And no one was better at hunting them than Pinder, a Bahamian whose accuracy and intuition were virtuosic. By the time Dombrowski meets Pinder, however, he has been abandoned by the industry he helped build, watching as the world of his beloved bonefish is degraded by tourists he himself did so much to attract. But as Pinder’s stories unfold, Dombrowski discovers a profound integrity and wisdom in his life. Review Praise for Body of Water “A brilliant book. Destined to be a classic.”―Jim Harrison “Dombrowski’s writing exhibits a poetic sense of economy. There’s a tremendous amount of information here on the geological, botanical, biological and human history of the region, but the author uses only what’s necessary to the story and relates it in evocative, concise language that reminded me of Gary Snyder one minute and John McPhee the next. . . . Dombrowski’s exacting descriptions of the sport make me long to try it again―and to wish that more fishing books were written by poets.” ―Wall Street Journal “Dombrowski elevates the fly-fishing-as-meditation narrative by the sheer fact that he’s so damn good at writing about it. There’s prose and practicality in equal parts, so the allure of the sport comes through.” ―Outside “ Body of Water is about bonefishing, but it is also about ecosystem exploitation, class conflict, wealth inequity, race relations, Bahamian history, mentor-mentee relationships, nature as the catalyst for self-awareness, and more. . . . The lyrical narrative strikes a delicate balance between reflective memoir and reportage.” ―Minneapolis Star Tribune “If truth is a tailing bonefish, then Chris Dombrowski has taken full measure of the truth. With Body of Water, the author gives us a superbly cast work of nonfiction that deserves a wide readership. . . Entwined with mesmerizing angling scenes are the author’s carefully-wrought ruminations on the deep, tectonic forces of nature and the treacherous history of colonialism―all in prose honed sharp as the edge of a knife, quick-witted, unpretentious but deeply reflective. . . He brings precision and originality to his sparkling depiction of flats fishing in sentences that would make Tom McGuane lean back in the batter’s box.” ―Gray's Sporting Journal “A lyrical, genre-defying tribute. Drawing on Caribbean history and the evolution of fly-fishing, Dombrowski’s foray into nonfiction proves thematically complex, finely wrought, and profoundly life-affirming.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) “This gorgeous work wastes not a word on fly-fishing basics. It dives Moby-Dick deep into a famed sport and livelihood's very essence, and never leaves. In the hands of veteran trout guide and poet Dombrowski, the ‘Abraham’ of Caribbean guides, David Pinder Sr., becomes the perfect embodiment of the near mystery religion that is saltwater-flats fishing. Via the hearts of two men utterly in love with the wounded world in which their calling takes place, Body of Water then pours forth beauties, subtleties, dark history, and insight with an unforced lyrical power I associate with no lesser word than ‘masterpiece.’ Dombrowski’s Michigan-to-Montana trajectory updates Jim Harrison, his comedic fishing scenes bear comparison to Thomas McGuane, and his powers of ebullient reflection bring to mind Mary Oliver―yet I’ve read no book anything like Body of Water, and enjoyed no book in memory more.” ―David James Duncan, author of The River Why “This is some of the best writing that you’ll ever read about fishing. But Body of Water achiev
