Picture 1 of 14
Gallery
Picture 1 of 14
Have one to sell?
SIGNED: Burning Bright, Ron Rash, 2010, HCDJ, 1st Edition, 1st Printing
US $19.95
ApproximatelyRM 82.43
or Best Offer
Condition:
“Good hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket with minimal wear and is now with a Brodart cover. ”... Read moreabout condition
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Shipping:
US $5.97 (approx RM 24.67) USPS Media MailTM.
Located in: Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Wed, 19 Nov and Mon, 24 Nov to 94104
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
About this item
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:266958506793
Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9780061804113
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061804118
ISBN-13
9780061804113
eBay Product ID (ePID)
74201894
Product Key Features
Book Title
Burning Bright : Stories
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author)
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Finely drawn stories...a collection to be read for the quality of the prose, which reflects Rash s intimate knowledge of this region and its history. His heart is clearly in this place ., Exquisite ... a dozen tragically beautiful stories... Rash is a praised writer, drawing comparisons to John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy, and those comparisons ring true here., For the past 15 years, Ron Rash has been carving out a position as one of the best writers in America writing about Appalachia... BURNING BRIGHT is raw, honest and assured., A slender set of spare and menacing depictions of the unforgiving ways of life in rural Appalachia, Burning Bright finds a narrow sweet spot between Raymond Carver s minimalism and William Faulkner s Gothic., [Rash] is a master craftsman who pares down language to its essential elements in these starkly beautiful stories., Finely drawn stories...a collection to be read for the quality of the prose, which reflects Rash's intimate knowledge of this region and its history. His heart is clearly in this place ., Ron Rash (SERENA) delivers compelling bleakness in BURNING BRIGHT, a collection of powerful short stories set in the hardscrabble towns of Appalachia., The skill with which [Ron Rash s] tales are constructed is more apparent in Burning Bright... these paired down short stories make it much easier to see how expertly Mr. Rash fine-tunes his work... elegantly sophisticated work...Mr. Rash certainly knows how to rivet attention., “The deserving winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short Story competition here gathers several of the finest stories anyone could hope to read. These are powerful excursions into the darkest areas of human experience. Magnificent is suddenly too small a word.�, Display[s] a universality that goes beyond time or place...There is a purity and precision in Rash's prose...that makes these stories as deceptively easy to read as they are hard to forget. This is memorable, unflinching short fiction by a master of the form., "For the past 15 years, Ron Rash has been carving out a position as one of the best writers in America writing about Appalachia... BURNING BRIGHT is raw, honest and assured." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Ron Rash (SERENA) delivers compelling bleakness in BURNING BRIGHT, a collection of powerful short stories set in the hardscrabble towns of Appalachia." -- San Diego Union-Tribune "The ferally beautiful stories in Ron Rash's BURNING BRIGHT evoke Appalachians of a Civil War past-- and a meth-blighted present-- with the haunting clarity of Walker Evans photographs." -- Vogue "The deserving winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story competition here gathers several of the finest stories anyone could hope to read. These are powerful excursions into the darkest areas of human experience. Magnificent is suddenly too small a word." -- Irish Times "These are hard stories. These are hard people. But their troubles are never anything less than compelling...Rash has a feel for Appalachia and its ways, its rough justice, its loyalties... [Rash] has written a memorable, if often brutal, elegy for a vanishing way of life." -- Miami Herald "A slender set of spare and menacing depictions of the unforgiving ways of life in rural Appalachia, Burning Bright finds a narrow sweet spot between Raymond Carver's minimalism and William Faulkner's Gothic." -- Washington Post "Ron Rash is a writer of quiet and stunning beauty... The stories in BURNING BRIGHT are beautiful. Each story is luminescent, deeply communicative of Appalachia and perfectly framed with sentences both lyrical and grounded." -- Huffington Post "The skill with which [Ron Rash's] tales are constructed is more apparent in Burning Bright... these paired down short stories make it much easier to see how expertly Mr. Rash fine-tunes his work... elegantly sophisticated work...Mr. Rash certainly knows how to rivet attention." -- Janet Maslin, New York Times "Finely drawn stories...a collection to be read for the quality of the prose, which reflects Rash's intimate knowledge of this region and its history. His heart is clearly in this place ." -- The Oregonian (Portland) "A finely crafted, understated collection of 12 stories....Rash writes the way the old bluegrass musicians sing: in a stark, high-lonesome voice capturing the yearning and despair of characters who have lost almost everything but their pride." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Rash...is at the top of his game." -- Time Out New York "[Rash] is a master craftsman who pares down language to its essential elements in these starkly beautiful stories." -- Library Journal, The skill with which [Ron Rash's] tales are constructed is more apparent in Burning Bright... these paired down short stories make it much easier to see how expertly Mr. Rash fine-tunes his work... elegantly sophisticated work...Mr. Rash certainly knows how to rivet attention., Ron Rash is a writer of quiet and stunning beauty... The stories in BURNING BRIGHT are beautiful. Each story is luminescent, deeply communicative of Appalachia and perfectly framed with sentences both lyrical and grounded., The ferally beautiful stories in Ron Rash's BURNING BRIGHT evoke Appalachians of a Civil War past-- and a meth-blighted present-- with the haunting clarity of Walker Evans photographs., These are hard stories. These are hard people. But their troubles are never anything less than compelling...Rash has a feel for Appalachia and its ways, its rough justice, its loyalties... [Rash] has written a memorable, if often brutal, elegy for a vanishing way of life., The ferally beautiful stories in Ron Rash s BURNING BRIGHT evoke Appalachians of a Civil War past-- and a meth-blighted present-- with the haunting clarity of Walker Evans photographs., The deserving winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story competition here gathers several of the finest stories anyone could hope to read. These are powerful excursions into the darkest areas of human experience. Magnificent is suddenly too small a word., A finely crafted, understated collection of 12 stories....Rash writes the way the old bluegrass musicians sing: in a stark, high-lonesome voice capturing the yearning and despair of characters who have lost almost everything but their pride., A slender set of spare and menacing depictions of the unforgiving ways of life in rural Appalachia, Burning Bright finds a narrow sweet spot between Raymond Carver's minimalism and William Faulkner's Gothic.
Synopsis
"A gorgeous, brutal writer." --Richard Price, New York Times bestselling author of Lush Life and Clockers In Burning Bright, Pen/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, Ron Rash, captures the eerie beauty and stark violence of Appalachia through the lives of unforgettable characters. With this masterful collection of stories that span the Civil War to the present day, Rash, a supremely talented writer who "recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy" ( The New Yorker ), solidifies his reputation as a major contemporary American literary artist., "A gorgeous, brutal writer." -Richard Price, New York Times bestselling author of Lush Life and Clockers In Burning Bright, Pen/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, Ron Rash, captures the eerie beauty and stark violence of Appalachia through the lives of unforgettable characters. With this masterful collection of stories that span the Civil War to the present day, Rash, a supremely talented writer who "recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy" (The New Yorker), solidifies his reputation as a major contemporary American literary artist., "A gorgeous, brutal writer." --Richard Price, New York Times bestselling author of Lush Life and Clockers In Burning Bright, Pen/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, Ron Rash, captures the eerie beauty and stark violence of Appalachia through the lives of unforgettable characters. With this masterful collection of stories that span the Civil War to the present day, Rash, a supremely talented writer who "recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy" (The New Yorker), solidifies his reputation as a major contemporary American literary artist.
Item description from the seller
Seller feedback (992)
- o***j (469)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseVery well packaged, arrived timely, beautiful piece as described, Seller communication was fantastic
- i***6 (22)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseEasy and very fast seller. Very well packaged and arrived in perfect condition! Thank you so much!
- f***m (354)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem was as described. Well packaged. Great seller. Buy with confidence!
More to explore :
- 1st Edition Magazines,
- 1st Edition Textbooks,
- Atlas 1st Edition,
- 1st Edition Signed European Antiquarian & Collectible Books,
- 1st Edition Audiobooks,
- Nintendo Power 1st Edition Magazines,
- Textbook 1st Edition Textbooks,
- Mathematics 1st Edition Textbooks,
- 1st Edition Special Issue Magazines,
- High Times 1st Edition Magazines