[bksvol-discuss] classic of Appalacian literature requested
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:41:04 -0700 (PDT)
River of Earth by James Still was originally requested in 2009. At that time
Amber W. said she'd validate; I don't knowif she still and or will. Below is a
synopsis copied from Amazon.com
First published in 1940 and now reprinted with a perceptive foreword by
Dean Cadle, James Still's novel River of Earth has become one of the
classics of Appalachian literature. It is the story, seen through
the eyes of a small boy, of three years in the life of his family and
their kin. He sees his parents pulled between the meager farm with its
sense of independence and the mining camp with its uncertain promise of
material prosperity. In his world privation, violence, and death are
part of everyday life, accepted and endured. Yet, withal, it is a world
of dignity, love, and humor, of natural beauty, which Still evokes in
sharp, poetic images. No writer has caught more effectively the
vividness of mountain speech or shown more honestly the trials and joys
of mountain life.
Cindy
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