by Ron Rash
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...