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Ron Rash
Set in a small Appalachian town, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek to justify in…
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The year is 1951 and Holland Winchester, the local thug and a war veteran, has gone missing from his small, backwater South Carolina town. The local sheriff, Will Alexander, has…
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A powerful, menacing novel from the New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash.
PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times–bestselling author Ron Rash returns again to Appalachia to capture lives haunted by violence and tenderness, hope and fear in unforgettable stories that span the…
Since the publication of Serena in 2008 earned him a nomination for the PEN/Faulkner fiction prize, Ron Rash (b. 1953) has gained attention as one of the South’s finest writers…
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Collects twenty-two interviews with the award-winning author Ron Rash and provides a look into his writing career from his first collection of short stories, The Night the New Jesus Fell…
Short stories of hardscrabble lives in the Carolina foothills, sharing anew the early fiction from an acclaimed storyteller
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Winner of the 2010 Frank O'Connor Award, BURNING BRIGHT confirms Ron Rash ‘could sit comfortably beside Cormac McCarthy on any bookshelf’ (Guardian)
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From the New York Times bestseller comes a haunting novel with the poetic quality of William Faulkner
A collection of short stories that melds the dark with the beautiful in deftly painted portraits of Appalachia, ranging from the Civil War to present day. It captures the essence…
From the bestselling author of Serena, a haunting tale set against the backdrop of contemporary Appalachia about lives shaped by violence, passion, and a powerful connection to the land.
‘A mesmerising novel of love and betrayal that stays singularly in the mind after it has finished’ Observer
Long live Ron Rash the storyteller, but heres the news. Ron Rash the poet is back and giving us poems that are both the river stones and the water making…
Estranged for decades after a turbulent 1969 summer spent with a free-spirited redhead, two brothers are forced by a shocking reminder to confront the past events that divided them.
Among the Believers by Ron Rash is a book of poetry set in the mountains of the western Carolinas. The book also has an introduction by Anthony Hecht.
A collection of stories in which the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.
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…
Penned by an award-winning writer, this Gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge is set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America’s burgeoning environmental movement.
Few writers know the heart and soul of a region as does Rash. His Appalachia is a dichotomous land of beauty and brutality settled by characters as remarkable and enduring…
The PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times -bestselling author returns to the the emotional terrain of Appalachia to limn lives haunted by violence and tenderness, hope and fear in a…
Includes P.S. insights, interviews, & more section in back of book.
From New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash comes a haunting novel with the poetic quality of William Faulkner
A selection of stories from PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash
When an elderly resident is accused of poisoning a North Carolina mountain resort’s trout stream, Les, the nearby town’s longtime sheriff, and Becky, a park ranger and newcomer, work together…
A collection of haunting lyricism that evokes the beauty and hardship of the rural South, by a revered American master of letters–the award-winning, bestselling author of the novels Serena, Something…
A major motion picture starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Rhys Ifans
ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The…
20th Anniversary Edition of this classic poetry collection, with a foreword by New York TImes Bestselling author, Robert Morgan and a new preface by the author.
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An extraordinary new collection from the winner of the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award.
The breathtaking new novel from ‘one of the best American novelists’ New York Times
Simply, almost elementally told through the voices of a sheriff, a local farmer, his beautiful wife, their son, and the sheriff’s deputy, One Foot in Eden signals the bellwether arrival…
Travis Shelton wanders into the woods onto private property near his North Carolina home, and discovers a grove of marijuana large enough to make him some serious money, and steps…
The parents of a girl whose body is trapped in an eddy in the Tamasee river want to attempt a rescue of the body. Environmentalists are convinced the rescue operation…
Since his dramatic appearance on the southern literary stage with his debut novel, One Foot in Eden, Ron Rash has continued a prolific outpouring of award-winning poetry and fiction. This…
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