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Burning Bright (2010, Signed 1st, HC)
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eBay item number:305142529224
Item specifics
- Condition
- Personalize
- No
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- 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
Contemporary Women, Short Stories (Single Author), Small Town & Rural
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
0.4 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., "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 "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 "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) "Rash...is at the top of his game." - Time Out New York "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 "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 "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 "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." - Minneapolis Star Tribune "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 "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 "[Rash] is a master craftsman who pares down language to its essential elements in these starkly beautiful stories." - Library Journal "A searing collection of short fiction...from a master of the form." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "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 was the seasoned author of nine books of fiction and poetry before his 10th, the stunning 2008 Serena, established him as one of the best American novelists of his day. With its stark Appalachian setting, piercing language and coolly ferocious title character, Serena was a big book filled with bleakly beautiful details. Mr. Rash''s artistry was blinding enough to eclipse his craftsmanship. But the skill with which his 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... enormously effective... another instance of Mr. Rash''s tactical precision... remarkable stories... Mr. Rash certainly knows how to rivet attention." - Janet Maslin, New York Times
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., Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, Burning Bright captures the complexities of Appalachia-a rugged, brutal landscape of exceptional beauty, promise, and suffering that serves as New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash's muse. Spanning from the Civil War to the present day, Rash's historical and modern settings are sewn together in a haunting patchwork of suspense and myth, populated by raw and unforgettable characters mined from the landscape. "elegantly sophisticated work . . . enormously effective . . . another instance of Mr. Rash's tactical precision . . . remarkable stories . . . Mr. Rash certainly knows how to rivet attention."-Janet Maslin, New York Times
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