![]() In these ten stories, Rash spins a haunting allegory of the times we live in-rampant capitalism, the severing of ties to the natural world in the relentless hunt for profit, the destruction of body and soul with pills meant to mute our pain-and yet within this world he illuminates acts of extraordinary decency and heroism. ![]() A virtuosic novelist, poet, and story writer, he evokes the beauty and brutality of the land, the relentless tension between past and present, and the unquenchable human desire to be a little bit better than circumstances would seem to allow (to paraphrase Faulkner). Ron Rash has long been a revered presence in the landscape of American letters. "From bestselling and award-winning writer Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today."-The New York Times) comes a collection of ten searing stories and the return of the villainess who propelled Serena to national acclaim, in a long-awaited novella. ![]()
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