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The Risen

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**The Risen is an important novel - and an intriguing one - from one of our master storytellers. In its pages, the past rises up, haunting and chiding, demanding answers of us all. -**The News & ObserverNew York Times bestselling author Ron Rash demonstrates his superb narrative skills in this suspenseful and evocative tale of two brothers whose lives are altered irrevocably by the events of one ... Read more

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**The Risen is an important novel - and an intriguing one - from one of our master storytellers. In its pages, the past rises up, haunting and chiding, demanding answers of us all. -**The News & ObserverNew York Times bestselling author Ron Rash demonstrates his superb narrative skills in this suspenseful and evocative tale of two brothers whose lives are altered irrevocably by the events of one
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The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth

And Other Stories from Cliffside, North Carolina

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Ten humorous, interconnected short stories following three narrators as they learn lessons about life in the North Carolina foothills.The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth was originally released in 1994 and was the first published book from acclaimed writer Ron Rash. This twentieth anniversary edition takes us back to where it all began with ten linked short stories, framed like a novel, ... Read more

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Ten humorous, interconnected short stories following three narrators as they learn lessons about life in the North Carolina foothills.The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth was originally released in 1994 and was the first published book from acclaimed writer Ron Rash. This twentieth anniversary edition takes us back to where it all began with ten linked short stories, framed like a novel,
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The Caretaker

A Novel

by Ron Rash ...

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today" —The New York Times) is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek to justify in the name of duty, family, honor, and love.It ... Read more

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ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today" —The New York Times) is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek to justify in the name of duty, family, honor, and love.It
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The Cove

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The New York Times bestselling author of Serena returns to Appalachia, this time at the height of World War I, with the story of a blazing but doomed love affair caught in the turmoil of a nation at warDeep in the rugged Appalachians of North Carolina lies the cove, a dark, forbidding place where spirits and fetches wander, and even the light fears to travel. Or so the townsfolk of Mars Hill ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling author of Serena returns to Appalachia, this time at the height of World War I, with the story of a blazing but doomed love affair caught in the turmoil of a nation at warDeep in the rugged Appalachians of North Carolina lies the cove, a dark, forbidding place where spirits and fetches wander, and even the light fears to travel. Or so the townsfolk of Mars Hill
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What Will Survive of Us

Collected Essays

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Collected essays from beloved New York Times best-selling author Ron Rash, marking the first book about his life as a writer.Award-winning novelist and poet Ron Rash shares both previously published and new material in this exciting new collection, including a never-before-published interview with Rash about his recent work. In the first thirteen essays, Rash offers insights into his own writing ... Read more

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Collected essays from beloved New York Times best-selling author Ron Rash, marking the first book about his life as a writer.Award-winning novelist and poet Ron Rash shares both previously published and new material in this exciting new collection, including a never-before-published interview with Rash about his recent work. In the first thirteen essays, Rash offers insights into his own writing
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Something Rich and Strange

Selected Stories

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From the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling award-winning author of Serena and The Cove, thirty of his finest short stories, collected in one volume.No one captures the complexities of Appalachia—a rugged, brutal landscape of exquisite beauty—as evocatively and indelibly as author and poet Ron Rash. Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, two O Henry prizes, and a finalist ... Read more

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From the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling award-winning author of Serena and The Cove, thirty of his finest short stories, collected in one volume.No one captures the complexities of Appalachia—a rugged, brutal landscape of exquisite beauty—as evocatively and indelibly as author and poet Ron Rash. Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, two O Henry prizes, and a finalist
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Saints at the River

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From award-winning author of The CaretakerRon Rash (****“One of the great American authors at work today” —The New York Times) comes ***Saints at the River,*a novel about a town divided by the aftermath of a tragic accident—**and the woman caught in the middle.When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee Riv... ... Read more

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From award-winning author of The CaretakerRon Rash (****“One of the great American authors at work today” —The New York Times) comes ***Saints at the River,*a novel about a town divided by the aftermath of a tragic accident—**and the woman caught in the middle.When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee Riv...
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Poems

New and Selected

by Ron Rash ...

A collection of haunting lyricism that evokes the beauty and hardship of the rural South, by a revered American master of letters—the award-winning, bestselling author of the novels Serena, Something Rich and Strange, and Above the Waterfall.In this incandescent, profound, and accessible collection, beloved and award-winning poet, novelist, and short-story writer Ron Rash vividly channels the ... Read more

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A collection of haunting lyricism that evokes the beauty and hardship of the rural South, by a revered American master of letters—the award-winning, bestselling author of the novels Serena, Something Rich and Strange, and Above the Waterfall.In this incandescent, profound, and accessible collection, beloved and award-winning poet, novelist, and short-story writer Ron Rash vividly channels the
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Nothing Gold Can Stay

Stories

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From Ron Rash, PEN / Faulkner Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, comes a new collection of unforgettable stories set in Appalachia that focuses on the lives of those haunted by violence and tenderness, hope and fear—spanning the Civil War to the present day.The darkness of Ron Rash’s work contrasts with its unexpected sensitivity and stark beauty in a manner that could ... Read more

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From Ron Rash, PEN / Faulkner Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, comes a new collection of unforgettable stories set in Appalachia that focuses on the lives of those haunted by violence and tenderness, hope and fear—spanning the Civil War to the present day.The darkness of Ron Rash’s work contrasts with its unexpected sensitivity and stark beauty in a manner that could
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The World Made Straight

A Novel

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NOAH WYLE, JEREMY IRVINE, MINKA KELLY, ADELAIDE CLEMENS, STEVE EARLE, AND HALEY JOEL OSMENT.ALA ALEX ALWARD WINNER"ONE OF THE MAJOR WRITERS OF OUR TIME."—THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTIONVivid, harrowing yet ultimately hopeful, The World Made Straight is best-selling author Ron Rash's subtlest exploration yet of the painful conflict between the bonds of hom... ... Read more

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NOAH WYLE, JEREMY IRVINE, MINKA KELLY, ADELAIDE CLEMENS, STEVE EARLE, AND HALEY JOEL OSMENT.ALA ALEX ALWARD WINNER"ONE OF THE MAJOR WRITERS OF OUR TIME."—THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTIONVivid, harrowing yet ultimately hopeful, The World Made Straight is best-selling author Ron Rash's subtlest exploration yet of the painful conflict between the bonds of hom...
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The World Made Straight

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NOAH WYLE, JEREMY IRVINE, MINKA KELLY, ADELAIDE CLEMENS, STEVE EARLE, AND HALEY JOEL OSMENT.Travis Shelton is seventeen the summer he wanders into the woods onto private property outside his North Carolina hometown, discovers a grove of marijuana large enough to make him some serious money, and steps into the jaws of a bear trap. After hours of passing in and ... Read more

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NOAH WYLE, JEREMY IRVINE, MINKA KELLY, ADELAIDE CLEMENS, STEVE EARLE, AND HALEY JOEL OSMENT.Travis Shelton is seventeen the summer he wanders into the woods onto private property outside his North Carolina hometown, discovers a grove of marijuana large enough to make him some serious money, and steps into the jaws of a bear trap. After hours of passing in and
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Burning Bright

Stories

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“A gorgeous, brutal writer.”—Richard Price, New York Times bestselling author of Lush Life and ClockersIn Burning Bright, Pen/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, Ron Rash, captures the eerie beauty and stark violence of Appalachia through the lives of unforgettable characters. With this masterful collection of stories that span the Civil War to the present day, Rash, ... Read more

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“A gorgeous, brutal writer.”—Richard Price, New York Times bestselling author of Lush Life and ClockersIn Burning Bright, Pen/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, Ron Rash, captures the eerie beauty and stark violence of Appalachia through the lives of unforgettable characters. With this masterful collection of stories that span the Civil War to the present day, Rash,
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