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In the valley : stories and a novella based on Serena
Call Number
- FICTION RASH (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Doubleday, [2020]
Physical Description
220 pages ; 22 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
"From bestselling and award-winning writer Ron Rash comes a collection of ten searing stories and the return of the villainess who propelled Serena to national acclaim, in a long-awaited novella. Ron Rash has long been a revered presence in the landscape of American letters. 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). 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"--
Contents
- Neighbors
- When all the stars fall
- Sad man in the sky
- L'homme blessé
- Baptism
- Flight
- Last bridge burned
- Ransom
- Belt
- In the valley.