Burning Bright by Ron Rash
A FARMER and his wife fall on hard times. They haven't lost everything the way others have, but they have lost enough. Their hope for a better future comes under threat when they discover an intruder on their land. A WOMAN from a small town marries an outsider. Her love for him battles with her suspicions that he is the source of the fires ravaging the mountains. A YOUNG BOY, neglected by his parents, sits in the remains of a crashed plane and lovingly tends to two frozen bodies. These remarkable stories and many more can be found in Burning Bright, an award-winning collection that captures the complexities of a place and conjures characters that will burn bright in your mind long after you have finished reading.
The dozen stories [in Burning Bright]..have led to justifiable comparisons with Raymond Carver and Cormac McCarthy. ... These are tales that put you in another place, another kind of life. Recommended * * Daily Mail * *
Rash tells great stories, raw and powerful, but he is above all, an instinctive writer. These narratives, whether told in his laconic first person, or in a detached third-person voice, are well served by his flawless use of language. Every word carries meaning and intent . . . Rash possesses a realist's vision that resounds with truth * * Irish Times * *
Rash's prose is at once strong and supple, masculine and poetic, and lit up by a wealth of precise physical detail. ... His power of conveying landscape is exemplary, and he has a sure understanding of the measure and constraints of the short-story form * * Sunday Times * *
An exciting collection of short stories . . . delivered with such a surety of hand and such a considered distillation of the human spirit as to warrant the comparisons to Faulkner and Carver * * Independent on Sunday * *
Technically absolutely beautiful - incredibly well-wrought...[Rash] is a real storyteller, a real craftsman. -- Nadine O'Regan * * Judge of the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award and books editor of the Sunday Business Post * *
Superb; the great American short story at its best * * The Times * *
Searing...A nicely varied feast from a master of the form. * * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * *
Rash's evocative rendering of the blighted landscape and the tough characters who inhabit it recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy. * * New Yorker on SERENA * *
Could sit comfortably on any bookshelf beside Cormac McCarthy or Charles Frazier * * Guardian on SERENA * *
What superb stories come from Ron Rash's pen, the kind that truly put all others in the shade. His stories buck the trend for "moments" in a life that go unexplained: Rash wants you to understand, urgently and fully, what has taken place -- Lesley McDowall * * Independent on Sunday * *
Rash tells great stories, raw and powerful, but he is above all, an instinctive writer. These narratives, whether told in his laconic first person, or in a detached third-person voice, are well served by his flawless use of language. Every word carries meaning and intent . . . Rash possesses a realist's vision that resounds with truth * * Irish Times * *
Rash's prose is at once strong and supple, masculine and poetic, and lit up by a wealth of precise physical detail. ... His power of conveying landscape is exemplary, and he has a sure understanding of the measure and constraints of the short-story form * * Sunday Times * *
An exciting collection of short stories . . . delivered with such a surety of hand and such a considered distillation of the human spirit as to warrant the comparisons to Faulkner and Carver * * Independent on Sunday * *
Technically absolutely beautiful - incredibly well-wrought...[Rash] is a real storyteller, a real craftsman. -- Nadine O'Regan * * Judge of the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award and books editor of the Sunday Business Post * *
Superb; the great American short story at its best * * The Times * *
Searing...A nicely varied feast from a master of the form. * * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * *
Rash's evocative rendering of the blighted landscape and the tough characters who inhabit it recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy. * * New Yorker on SERENA * *
Could sit comfortably on any bookshelf beside Cormac McCarthy or Charles Frazier * * Guardian on SERENA * *
What superb stories come from Ron Rash's pen, the kind that truly put all others in the shade. His stories buck the trend for "moments" in a life that go unexplained: Rash wants you to understand, urgently and fully, what has taken place -- Lesley McDowall * * Independent on Sunday * *
Ron Rash is an award-winning poet, short-story writer and novelist. He is the author of several story collections and novels, including Serena, a New York Times Bestseller, and The Cove, also published by Canongate. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains, USA.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857861177 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857861174 |
| Title | Burning Bright |
| Author | Ron Rash |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2012-08-16 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Winner of Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award 2010 (Ireland) |
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