Chemistry and Other Stories - by Ron Rash (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In Rash's stories, spanning the entire 20th century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era where the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b><i>Chemistry and Other Stories</i>, A Picador Paperback Original</b> <p/>From the pre-eminent chronicler of this forgotten territory, stories that range over one hundred years in the troubled, violent emergence of the New South. <p/>In Ron Rash's stories, spanning the entire twentieth century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era. <p/>Three old men stalk the shadow of a giant fish no one else believes is there. A man takes up scuba diving in the town reservoir to fight off a killing depression. A grieving mother leads a surveyor into the woods to name once and for all the county where her son was murdered by thieves. <p/>In the Appalachia of Ron Rash's stories, the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Praise for author Ron Rash: <p/>A major Southern writer . . . <i>The World Made Straight</i> reminds us of the sort of compelling literature a brave artist can fashion from the shards of such experience.--<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>Captivating . . . His clear, concise prose and regional voice add an authentic veneer to this rich tableau of Southern life.--<i>Entertainment Weekly </i>on<i> Saints at the River</i> <p/>Ron Rash writes like a prince.--Pat Conroy</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Rash, a poet and novelist (<i>The World Made Straight, </i>2006) steeped in Appalachia, offers 13 haunting and picturesque stories that illuminate the terms of survival in that often forgotten landscape. - <i>Booklist</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ron Rash is the author of the prize-winning novels "One Foot in Eden, Saints" "at the River "and "The World Made Straight," as well as several collections of poetry and short stories. He is the recipient of an O. Henry Prize and the James Still Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. For "Saints at the River" he received the 2004 Weatherford Award for Best Novel and the 2005 SEBA Best Book Award for Fiction. Rash holds the John Parris Chair in Appalachian Studies at Western Carolina University and lives in Clemson, South Carolina.
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