Author: Alex Taylor
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1932511806
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Like a room soaked in the scent of whiskey, perfume, and sweat, Alex Taylor's America is at once intoxicating, vulnerable, and full of brawn. The stories in The Name of the Nearest River reveal the hidden dangers in the coyote-infested fields, riverbeds, and abandoned logging trails of Kentucky. There we find tactile, misbegotten characters, desperate for the solace found in love, revenge, or just enough coal to keep an elderly woman's stove burning a few more nights. Echoing Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner, Taylor manages fervor as well as humor in these dusky, shotgun plots, where, in one story, a man spends seven days in a johnboat with his fiddle and a Polaroid camera, determined to enact vengeance on the water-logged body of a used car salesman; and in another, a demolition derby enthusiast nicknamed "Wife" watches his two wild, burning love interests duke it out, only to determine he would rather be left alone entirely. Together, these stories present a resonant debut collection from an unexpected new voice in southern fiction. Book jacket.
The Name of the Nearest River
Author: Alex Taylor
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1932511806
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Like a room soaked in the scent of whiskey, perfume, and sweat, Alex Taylor's America is at once intoxicating, vulnerable, and full of brawn. The stories in The Name of the Nearest River reveal the hidden dangers in the coyote-infested fields, riverbeds, and abandoned logging trails of Kentucky. There we find tactile, misbegotten characters, desperate for the solace found in love, revenge, or just enough coal to keep an elderly woman's stove burning a few more nights. Echoing Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner, Taylor manages fervor as well as humor in these dusky, shotgun plots, where, in one story, a man spends seven days in a johnboat with his fiddle and a Polaroid camera, determined to enact vengeance on the water-logged body of a used car salesman; and in another, a demolition derby enthusiast nicknamed "Wife" watches his two wild, burning love interests duke it out, only to determine he would rather be left alone entirely. Together, these stories present a resonant debut collection from an unexpected new voice in southern fiction. Book jacket.
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1932511806
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Like a room soaked in the scent of whiskey, perfume, and sweat, Alex Taylor's America is at once intoxicating, vulnerable, and full of brawn. The stories in The Name of the Nearest River reveal the hidden dangers in the coyote-infested fields, riverbeds, and abandoned logging trails of Kentucky. There we find tactile, misbegotten characters, desperate for the solace found in love, revenge, or just enough coal to keep an elderly woman's stove burning a few more nights. Echoing Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner, Taylor manages fervor as well as humor in these dusky, shotgun plots, where, in one story, a man spends seven days in a johnboat with his fiddle and a Polaroid camera, determined to enact vengeance on the water-logged body of a used car salesman; and in another, a demolition derby enthusiast nicknamed "Wife" watches his two wild, burning love interests duke it out, only to determine he would rather be left alone entirely. Together, these stories present a resonant debut collection from an unexpected new voice in southern fiction. Book jacket.
The Name of the Nearest River
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A Brief History of King Arthur
Author: Mike Ashley
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472107659
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Who was the real King Arthur? What do the historical documents tell us about the Knight of the Round Temple? It is just a chivalric fantasy? The story of Arthur has been handed down to us by Medieval poets and legends - but what if he actually existed and was in fact a great king in the early years of Britain's story. Mike Ashley visits the source material and uncovers unexpected new insights into the legend: there is clear evidence that the Arthurian legends arose from the exploits of not just one man, but at least three originating in Wales, Scotland and Brittany. The true historical Arthur really existed and is distantly related to the present royal family.
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472107659
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Who was the real King Arthur? What do the historical documents tell us about the Knight of the Round Temple? It is just a chivalric fantasy? The story of Arthur has been handed down to us by Medieval poets and legends - but what if he actually existed and was in fact a great king in the early years of Britain's story. Mike Ashley visits the source material and uncovers unexpected new insights into the legend: there is clear evidence that the Arthurian legends arose from the exploits of not just one man, but at least three originating in Wales, Scotland and Brittany. The true historical Arthur really existed and is distantly related to the present royal family.
New Language Exercises for Primary Schools
Author: C. C. Long
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
New Language Exercises
Author: C. C. Long
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
History of the Mongols, from the 9th to the 19th Century
Author: Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century
History of the Mongols: The Mongols proper and the Kalmuks ... with 2 maps by E.G. Ravenstein
Author: Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description