The Cove: Library Edition

Rash, Ron

ISBN 10 : 1611208068 ISBN 13 : 9781611208061

Editeur : Dreamscape Media Llc, 2012

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'Rash tells great stories, raw and powerful ... He understands the way life works' Irish Times

'An unmitigated joy to read' Independent on Sunday

'Ron Rash is the best American novelist I have come upon in the last twenty years' Scotsman

'Exquisite. A breathless sequence of events lead the book to its devastating final sentence' New York Times

'Recalls both Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy' New Yorker

'The Cove is a novel that speaks intimately to today's politics. Beautifully written, tough, raw, uncompromising, entirely new. Ron Rash is a writer's writer who writes for others' Colum McCann

'Ron Rash is a writer of both the darkly beautiful and the sadly true; The Cove solidifies his reputation as one of our very finest novelists' Richard Russo, Author Of Empire Falls

'When writers gather and tipple while discussing those not present at the table but admired, the name Ron Rash quickly comes up. He uses language wiith such apparently effortless skill that it is as though he found words in his barn as a child and has been training them to fit his needs ever since. There's not much he doesn't know about humans in turmoil, or his region, a place where nothing ever changes until all of a sudden it does and often too much. Rash throws a big shadow now and it's only going to get bigger' Daniel Woodrell, Author Of Winter's Bone

' Remarkable ... Mr. Rash certainly knows how to rivet attention' New York Times on Burning Bright

'Finds a narrow sweet spot between Raymond Carver and William Faulkner' Washington Post on Burning Bright

'This book calls to mind Snow Falling on Cedars and Cold Mountain, but the poet in Ron Rash and his lyrical prose elevate this novel to its 'Book of the Year'; status' Irish Times on Serena

'Serena could sit comfortably on any bookshelf alongside Cormac McCarthy or Charles Frazier ... it's a spectacular book Guardian'The Cove is a marvelous novel, bristling with power, humanity and the exceptional quality of characterisation and storytelling we have come to expect from Ron Rash' --Irvine Welsh

Quatrième de couverture

The New York Times bestselling author of Serena returns to Appalachia, this time at the height of World War I, with the story of a blazing but doomed love affair caught in the turmoil of a nation at war

Deep in the rugged Appalachians of North Carolina lies the cove, a dark, forbidding place where spirits and fetches wander, and even the light fears to travel. Or so the townsfolk of Mars Hill believe–just as they know that Laurel Shelton, the lonely young woman who lives within its shadows, is a witch. Alone except for her brother, Hank, newly returned from the trenches of France, she aches for her life to begin.

Then it happens–a stranger appears, carrying nothing but a beautiful silver flute and a note explaining that his name is Walter, he is mute, and is bound for New York. Laurel finds him in the woods, nearly stung to death by yellow jackets, and nurses him back to health. As the days pass, Walter slips easily into life in the cove and into Laurel's heart, bringing her the only real happiness she has ever known.

But Walter harbors a secret that could destroy everything–and danger is closer than they know. Though the war in Europe is near its end, patriotic fervor flourishes thanks to the likes of Chauncey Feith, an ambitious young army recruiter who stokes fear and outrage throughout the county. In a time of uncertainty, when fear and ignorance reign, Laurel and Walter will discover that love may not be enough to protect them.

This lyrical, heart-rending tale, as mesmerizing as its award-winning predecessor Serena, shows once again this masterful novelist at the height of his powers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dreamscape Media Llc
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1611208068
• ISBN 13: 9781611208061
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