Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

A profound portrait of family dynamics in the rural South and an essential novel (The New Yorker)

As close to flawless as any reader could ask for . . . The living language Allison] has created is as exact and innovative as the language of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Catcher in the Rye. --The New York Times Book Review

The publication of Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina was a landmark event that won the author a National Book Award nomination and launched her into the literary spotlight. Critics have likened Allison to Harper Lee, naming her the first writer of her generation to dramatize the lives and language of poor whites in the South. Since its appearance, the novel has inspired an award-winning film and has been banned from libraries and classrooms, championed by fans, and defended by critics.

Greenville County, South Carolina, is a wild, lush place that is home to the Boatwright family--a tight-knit clan of rough-hewn, hard-drinking men who shoot up each other's trucks, and indomitable women who get married young and age too quickly. At the heart of this story is Ruth Anne Boatwright, known simply as Bone, a bastard child who observes the world around her with a mercilessly keen perspective. When her stepfather Daddy Glen, cold as death, mean as a snake, becomes increasingly more vicious toward her, Bone finds herself caught in a family triangle that tests the loyalty of her mother, Anney--and leads to a final, harrowing encounter from which there can be no turning back.

Dorothy Allison is the author of the national bestselling novel Bastard Out of Carolina, which was a National Book Award finalist in 1992. She's also the author of Trash, a collection of short stories, and Cavedweller, a successful novel that was declared a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in Northern California and has won multiple accolades.

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ISBN 13	9780452269576
ISBN 10	0452269571
Title	Bastard out of Carolina
Author	Dorothy Allison
Series	Plume
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	1993-03-01
Number of pages	320
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