Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash

Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash

From the New York Times bestseller comes a haunting novel with the poetic quality of William Faulkner

A writer's writer who writes for others -- Colum McCann
A gorgeous, brutal writer -- Richard Price
One of the great American authors at work today -- Janet Maslin * * New York Times * *
Ron Rash is a writer of both the darkly beautiful and the sadly true. . One of our very finest novelists -- Richard Russo
Magnificent is suddenly too small a word * * Irish Times * *
Finds a narrow sweet spot between Raymond Carver and William Faulkner. * * Washington Post * *
Rash's prose is elegant, suggestive, and Hardyesque. * * Boston Globe * *
Combining suspense with acute observations and flashing insights, Rash tells a seductive and disquieting tale about our intrinsic attachment to and disastrous abuse of the land and our betrayal of our best selves * * Starred Booklist * *
Alternates between traditional prose and a poetic voice * * Wall Street Journal * *
The book begins as a lyrical, far-reaching reflection on nature and modern-day loneliness . . . Beneath the surface, the novel contemplates more timeless questions about human frailty, the divinity of nature and the legacies of our native landscapes . . . A hybrid of prose poetry, nature writing and literary mystery . . . Exhilarating and beguiling * * Atlanta Journal * *

Ron Rash is an award-winning poet, short-story writer and novelist. His novels include The Cove, The World Made Straight and New York Times bestseller and 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist, Serena, now a major motion picture. He is also the author of several short story collections including Nothing Gold Can Stay, Burning Bright, winner of the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and Chemistry and Other Stories, a finalist for the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains, USA.

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ISBN 13	9781782118015
ISBN 10	1782118012
Title	Above the Waterfall
Author	Ron Rash
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Canongate Books
Year published	2017-03-02
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.