Kentucky Straight
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Kentucky Straight by Chris Offutt
Kentucky straight is bourbon with no mixer. Kentucky Straight is Kentucky seen without nostalgic gloss. These riveting, often heartbreaking stories, take us through country that is unmapped. They are set in a nameless Appalachian community too small to be called a town, a place where wanting an education is a mark of ungodly arrogance and dowsing for water a legitimate occupation; where hunting is not a sport but a means of survival. These are stories of coal miners and backwoods medicine men, of gamblers and marijuana farmers, tales of real tragedy and unutterable strangeness that convey their sense of place so vividly that we feel its ground rise beneath our feet. Offutt has received a James Michener Grant and a Kentucky Arts Council Award.Kentucky Straight and The Same River Twice are two books by Chris Offutt. He was named one of Granta's Best Young American Fiction Writers after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. With his wife and two sons, he lives in Missoula, Montana.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780679738862 |
| ISBN 10 | 067973886X |
| Title | Kentucky Straight |
| Author | Chris Offutt |
| Series | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1992-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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