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Leif Enger


Born
in Osakis, Minnesota, The United States
January 01, 1961

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Literature & Fiction


Leif Enger was raised in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio for nearly twenty years. He lives on a farm in Minnesota with his wife and two sons.

His writing is a smooth mix of romanticism and gritty reality, recalling the Old West's greatest cowboy stories.

Enger's novel, Peace Like a River, was one of Time magazine's top-five novels of the year 2001 and appeared on several other best seller lists.

His second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome also appeared on best seller lists in 2008.

For further details, see the author's Wikipedia page. ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 141,530 ratings · 18,271 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors
Peace Like a River
4.02 avg rating — 96,725 ratings — published 2001 — 65 editions
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Virgil Wander
4.01 avg rating — 19,882 ratings — published 2018 — 20 editions
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I Cheerfully Refuse
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So Brave, Young, and Handsome
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Comeback: A Gun Pedersen Novel Swing: A Gun Pedersen Novel Strike: A Gun Pedersen Novel Sacrifice: A Gun Pedersen N... The Sinners' League: A Gun ... Hard Curves: A Gun Pedersen...
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“Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.”
― Leif Enger
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“Fair is whatever God wants to do.”
― Leif Enger, Peace Like a River
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“I remember it as October days are always remembered, cloudless, maple-flavored, the air gold and so clean it quivers.”
― Leif Enger, Peace Like a River
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