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Serena : A Novel by Ron Rash (2008, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061470856
ISBN-139780061470851
eBay Product ID (ePID)65634530
Product Key Features
Book TitleSerena : a Novel
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicGeneral, Noir
GenreFiction
AuthorRon Rash
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-000712
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsFrom that arresting opening…the violence escalates along with the tension in this absorbing story about rapacious greed in Depression-era Appalachia…Thrilling stuff., The opening is unforgettable…the last hundred pages are thrilling…should be a breakthrough for this masterful storyteller., Too hypnotic to break away from...And the final chapter is as flawless and captivating as anything I've read this year, a perfectly creepy shock that will leave you hearing nothing but the wind between the stumps., Beautifully written, utterly unforgettable. To my mind, this novel, as powerful and inexorable as a thunderstorm, is as good a piece of fiction as was published last year and a new classic in the category of love gone terribly wrong., From the moment she steps off the train, Serena Pemberton commands center stage in Ron Rash's rough-hewn tale of unchecked ambition. Universal in scope, frightening in its brutality, Serena is an unflinching vision of blighted souls played out against the backdrop of a nearly-lost Appalachia., A powerful tale, well told, SERENA is enriched by Rash's artful use of language. With just the right turn of phrase, dead-on details and subtle use of symbol, he delivers a story that will remain with readers long after the final page., Masterfully written...The book is consistently heartbreaking in its portrayal of what humans are capable of.sprawling [and] engrossing., [Rash] has outdone himself. The story of this brilliant, ambitious, seductive woman is a searing tragedy of Shakespearean proportions-or, in simpler terms, a damn good book that will keep you awake far too late and, well after you've finished it, haunt your dreams., The opening is unforgettable.the last hundred pages are thrilling.should be a breakthrough for this masterful storyteller., Ron Rash's SERENA will stand as one of the major American novels of this century. It is a flat-out masterpiece-mythic, terrifying, and beautiful., "Rash is a storyteller of the highest rank and SERENA confirms this from the opening sentence to the final page. An epic achievement." - Jeffrey Lent, bestselling author of IN THE FALL "Ron Rash's new novel Serena catapults him to the front ranks of the best American novelists. This novel will make a wonderful movie, and the brave actress who plays Serena is a shoe-in for an Academy Award nomination." - Pat Conroy "An Appalachian retelling of Macbeth, a thriller, a word-perfect evocation of an era and a people, a grim chapter in the history of conservation: if Serena doesn't finally win Ron Rash the overdue attention of the national literary (and cinematic) establishments, I can't imagine what they're holding out for." - Arthur Phillips, author of Prague "Alluring, sometimes erotic, often frightening." - Washington Post Book World "In an age when literary fiction is so intent on subtlety that it often winds up virtually inert, a novel with this much uncomplicated gusto and narrative drive is a rare thing; in the case of Serena, it's also a welcome one." - Salon.com "In SERENA, author Ron Rash has created a villainess like no other--as cool as she is ruthless. . . . She is a remarkable creation." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Beautifully written, utterly unforgettable. To my mind, this novel, as powerful and inexorable as a thunderstorm, is as good a piece of fiction as was published last year and a new classic in the category of love gone terribly wrong." - Anna Quindlen "Ron Rash's new novel Serena catapults him to the front ranks of the best American novelists. This novel will make a wonderful movie, and the brave actress who plays Serena is a shoe-in for an Academy Award nomination." - Pat Conroy "With bone-chilling aplomb, linguistic grace and the piercing fatalism of an Appalachian ballad, Mr. Rash lets the Pembertons' new union generate ripple after ripple of astonishment." - Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Ron Rash's SERENA will stand as one of the major American novels of this century. It is a flat-out masterpiece-mythic, terrifying, and beautiful." - Lee Smith "A gorgeous, brutal writer." - Richard Price, bestselling author of LUSH LIFE "If you haven't heard of the Southern writer Ron Rash, it is time you should. Rash has been writing poems, stories and novels for years, but with the release of Serena, a dark fable that mixes Southern Gothic motifs with Shakespeare's "Macbeth," he may reach the mainstream audience he long deserves...Rash writes brisk and beautiful prose. Like early Cormac McCarthy, he creates deliciously grotesque characters. His descriptions of the punishing work camp recall William Faulkner at his most rhetorical. And his similes astound: the rain-soaked laborers "resembled half-formed Adams dredged from the mud, not yet molded to human"; the eagle is "black-hooded like an executioner"; a woman's dead eyes are like "mist filling two inward-probing cavities." Serena is that publishing rarity: It will please readers who cherish both plot and prose." - Cleveland Plain Dealer "[Rash] has outdone himself. The story of this brilliant, ambitious, seductive woman is a searing tragedy of Shakespearean proportions--or, in simpler terms, a damn good book that will keep you awake far too late and, well after you've finished it, haunt your dreams." - Julia Glass, National Book Award winning author of THREE JUNES "Universal in scope, frightening in its brutality, Serena is an unflinching vision of blighted souls played out against the backdrop of a nearly-lost Appalachia." - David Wroblewski, author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle "Beautifully written..." - Seattle Times, From that arresting opening.the violence escalates along with the tension in this absorbing story about rapacious greed in Depression-era Appalachia.Thrilling stuff., [Rash] has outdone himself. The story of this brilliant, ambitious, seductive woman is a searing tragedy of Shakespearean proportions—or, in simpler terms, a damn good book that will keep you awake far too late and, well after you've finished it, haunt your dreams., Rash is a storyteller of the highest rank and SERENA confirms this from the opening sentence to the final page. An epic achievement., A harrowing tour de force that might be the most timely and dangerous novel released this fall... Rash has gone beyond any Southern gothic tale to weave a complex and riveting portrait in the tradition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez...brilliantly conceived., Masterfully written...The book is consistently heartbreaking in its portrayal of what humans are capable of…sprawling [and] engrossing., With bone-chilling aplomb, linguistic grace and the piercing fatalism of an Appalachian ballad, Mr. Rash lets the Pembertons' new union generate ripple after ripple of astonishment., An Appalachian retelling of Macbeth, a thriller, a word-perfect evocation of an era and a people, a grim chapter in the history of conservation: if Serena doesn't finally win Ron Rash the overdue attention of the national literary (and cinematic) establishments, I can't imagine what they're holding out for., "Beautifully written, utterly unforgettable. To my mind, this novel, as powerful and inexorable as a thunderstorm, is as good a piece of fiction as was published last year and a new classic in the category of love gone terribly wrong." -- Anna Quindlen "A gorgeous, brutal writer." -- Richard Price, bestselling author of LUSH LIFE "Ron Rash's SERENA will stand as one of the major American novels of this century. It is a flat-out masterpiece-mythic, terrifying, and beautiful." -- Lee Smith "From the moment she steps off the train, Serena Pemberton commands center stage in Ron Rash's rough-hewn tale of unchecked ambition. Universal in scope, frightening in its brutality, Serena is an unflinching vision of blighted souls played out against the backdrop of a nearly-lost Appalachia." -- David Wroblewski, New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle "[Rash] has outdone himself. The story of this brilliant, ambitious, seductive woman is a searing tragedy of Shakespearean proportions--or, in simpler terms, a damn good book that will keep you awake far too late and, well after you've finished it, haunt your dreams." -- Julia Glass, National Book Award winning author of THREE JUNES "A powerful tale, well told, SERENA is enriched by Rash's artful use of language. With just the right turn of phrase, dead-on details and subtle use of symbol, he delivers a story that will remain with readers long after the final page." -- Charlotte Observer "Beautifully written..." -- Seattle Times "The opening is unforgettable...the last hundred pages are thrilling...should be a breakthrough for this masterful storyteller." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "An Appalachian retelling of Macbeth, a thriller, a word-perfect evocation of an era and a people, a grim chapter in the history of conservation: if Serena doesn't finally win Ron Rash the overdue attention of the national literary (and cinematic) establishments, I can't imagine what they're holding out for." -- Arthur Phillips, author of Prague "This is a must-read novel." -- About.com (Contemporary Literature) "Rash is a storyteller of the highest rank and SERENA confirms this from the opening sentence to the final page. An epic achievement." -- Jeffrey Lent, bestselling author of IN THE FALL "Ron Rash's new novel Serena catapults him to the front ranks of the best American novelists. This novel will make a wonderful movie, and the brave actress who plays Serena is a shoe-in for an Academy Award nomination." -- Pat Conroy "With bone-chilling aplomb, linguistic grace and the piercing fatalism of an Appalachian ballad, Mr. Rash lets the Pembertons' new union generate ripple after ripple of astonishment." -- Janet Maslin, The New York Times "A harrowing tour de force that might be the most timely and dangerous novel released this fall... Rash has gone beyond any Southern gothic tale to weave a complex and riveting portrait in the tradition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez...brilliantly conceived." -- Huffington Post "Too hypnotic to break away from...And the final chapter is as flawless and captivating as anything I've read this year, a perfectly creepy shock that will leave you hearing nothing but the wind between the stumps." -- Washington Post Book World "From that arresting opening...the violence escalates along with the tension in this absorbing story about rapacious greed in Depression-era Appalachia...Thrilling stuff." -- People "Masterfully written...The book is consistently heartbreaking in its portrayal of what humans are capable of...sprawling [and] engrossing." -- San Francisco Chronicle, Ron Rash's new novel Serena catapults him to the front ranks of the best American novelists. This novel will make a wonderful movie, and the brave actress who plays Serena is a shoe-in for an Academy Award nomination.
Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisA New York Times bestseller and PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist,Serena by award-winning author Ron Rash is "masterfully written…sprawling, engrossing and-from time to time-nightmarish," (San Francisco Chronicle ); a remarkable novel that "recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy," (The New Yorker ). Rash's chilling gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America's burgeoning environmental movement was named a Best Book of the Year by more than a dozen national publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, and Miami Herald. Serena is brilliant contemporary fiction that exquisitely balances beauty and violence, passion and rage, cruelty and love., A New York Times bestseller and PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist, Serena by award-winning author Ron Rash is "masterfully written...sprawling, engrossing and--from time to time--nightmarish," ( San Francisco Chronicle ); a remarkable novel that "recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy," ( The New Yorker ). Rash's chilling gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America's burgeoning environmental movement was named a Best Book of the Year by more than a dozen national publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, and Miami Herald. Serena is brilliant contemporary fiction that exquisitely balances beauty and violence, passion and rage, cruelty and love., The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton arrive in the mountains of North Carolina from Boston to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains--but she soon shows herself the equal of any worker, overseeing crews, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness. Together, they ruthlessly kill or vanquish all who fall out of favor. Yet when Serena learns that she will never bear a child, she sets out to kill the son George had without her. Mother and child begin a struggle for their lives, and when Serena suspects George is protecting his illegitimate family, the Pembertons' intense, passionate marriage starts to unravel as the story moves toward its shocking reckoning.
LC Classification NumberPS3568.A698S47 2008
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