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The Cove (P.S.)

by Ron Rash

ISBN13: 9780061804205
ISBN10: 0061804207
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“Set during World War One, The Cove is a novel that speaks intimately to todays politics. Beautifully written, tough, raw, uncompromising, entirely new. Ron Rash is a writers writer who writes for others.”
—Colum McCann

“Ron Rash is a writer of both the darkly beautiful and the sadly true; The Cove solidifies his reputation as one of our very finest novelists.”
—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls

Here is a magnificent tale that captures the wondrous beauty of nature and love—and the darkness of superstition and fear—from one of Americas most exciting contemporary novelists. With The Cove, Ron Rash, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Serena, returns to the Appalachian milieu he has previously so memorably evoked. A two-time O. Henry Prize winner for his short fiction—and recipient of the 2010 Frank OConnor International Story Award and the 2010 SIBA Book Award for his story collection Burning Bright—Rash can expect more honors for The Cove, a novel that brilliantly explores often dangerous notions of patriotism during wartime. This story of a love affair doomed in the rising turmoil of WWI resonates powerfully in todays world.

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Deep 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 believe-just as they know that Laurel Shelton, the lonely young woman who lives within its shadows, is a witch.

Then it happens-a stranger appears, carrying nothing but a silver flute and a note explaining that his name is Walter and he is mute-and Laurel experiences true companionship and happiness for the first time.

But Walter harbors a secret that could destroy everything. In a time of uncertainty, when fear and danger reign, Laurel and Walter will discover that love alone may not be enough to protect them.

About the Author

Ron Rash is the author of The Cove and of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and New York Times bestselling novel Serena, in addition to three other prizewinning novels, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight; three collections of poems; and four collections of stories, among them Burning Bright, which won the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and Chemistry and Other Stories, which was a finalist for the 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award. Twice the recipient of the O. Henry Prize, Rash teaches at Western Carolina University.

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: techeditor, February 5, 2013 (view all comments by techeditor)
In the book THE COVE, the cove is a place where nothing good has ever happened to anyone who lived there. At this point in history, the end of World War I, can that be changed?

THE COVE begins with a mystery in the prologue, then soon after another mystery makes you forget about the first one.

Allow yourself to discover this mysterous story as it was meant to be discovered: as you read it. Don't read reviews. Don't even read the book flap or the back of the book until after you've read it.

And now my rant: most book reviewers spoil books. Most book reviews tell the story before readers gets a chance to read the book and discover the story themselves. Most book reviewers thereby steal the pleasure of reading.

THE COVE is an exceptionallly good book because it is mysterious. But I made the mistake of reading reviews of this book before I read it, and most of them revealed the solution to one of the mysteries. So I was deprived of the pleasure of slowly discovering the story as it was revealed. I might have rated THE COVE a five otherwise.

If you don't make that mistake, you'll love THE COVE.

Thanks to Vera at luxuryreading.com for this book.
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: Catherine Ball, January 1, 2013 (view all comments by Catherine Ball)
Ron Rash has, once again, drawn me in to his world of vivid characters in a very vivid environment and, in this case, during a very interesting era of life in Western North Carolina. It was pure pleasure being transported to"The Cove" and to Mars Hill during WWII. The mystery is compelling, the characters develop beautifully and we are definitely sent back to an era in time, not so long ago, where fear and superstition are normal and acceptable. Read this book and go to The Cove. It is a beautiful and strange place.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780061804205
Author:: Rash, Ron
Publisher:: Ecco Press
Subject:: General Fiction
Subject:: Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:: Trade PB
Publication Date:: 20121131
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: A</I>
Language:: English
Pages:: 272
Dimensions:: 8 x 5.3125 x 0.612613 in 7.36 oz

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