Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories
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...
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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 only be accomplished by this master of the short story form.Nothing Gold Can Stay includes 14 stories, including Rash’s “The Trusty,” which first appeared in The New Yorker.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780062202710 (0062202715)
Publish date: February 19th 2013
Publisher: Ecco
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Southern,
Short Stories,
Gothic,
Southern Gothic,
Short Story Collection
As always, captures the spirit, speech, and flow of southern culture. Simply great.
I think Book Riot was where I read that this collection of short stories is superbly written but likely only to appeal to Rash's existing fanbase. I completely agree. I loved the writing, but the stories themselves -- the dark, almost sadistic plot elements -- didn't really do a whole lot for me. St...
UPDATED - 3/1/13 - See link at bottomThe title of Ron Rash’s fifth short story collection, Nothing Gold Can Stay, comes from the chestnut poem, with the same title, by Robert Frost. Nature’s first green is goldHer hardest hue to holdHer early leaf’s a flowerBut only so an hourThen leaf subsides to l...
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