Heathen Valley by Romulus Linney
Heathen Valley, Romulus Linney's haunting and original novel, was born from the church histories of the Valle Crucis mission in western North Carolina. Told in four parts, it is a story set in an almost unknown valley, "Heathen, a valley That Forgot God." With a quiet, muscular violence and biblical grace that readers of Cormac McCarthy will recognize, Linney takes us into the 1850s, where an idealistic Bishop from New England and a life-whipped, sorrowful transient named Starns, struggle to win souls and transform the valley. Widely reviewed when it was first published in 1962 and selected as an alternate for the Book of the Month Club, Romulus Linney's first novel Heathen Valley was never reprinted and has never before been in paperback."Starns was thirty-two years old that night, but he looked fifty. He was like a much older man who comes late in life to what learning he possesses, and therefore has no fear of what he knows he will never understand." from Heathen Valley
Romulus Linney (1930-2011) is the author of 3 novels as well as 13 full-length plays and 22 short plays, which have been produced in theatres across the U.S. and Europe. He received National Endowment for the Arts fellowships; Guggenheim, Rockefeller and National Foundation for the Arts grants; and an Obie award. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, he was a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781593760120 |
| ISBN 10 | 1593760124 |
| Title | Heathen Valley |
| Author | Romulus Linney |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Counterpoint |
| Year published | 2004-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 332 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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