The Clearing
by:
Tim Gautreaux (author)
“Gautreaux, like some Bayou Conrad, manages to combine verbal luxuriance and swift, brutal action to devastating effect.” —The New YorkerThe introduction, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group’s discussion of The...
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“Gautreaux, like some Bayou Conrad, manages to combine verbal luxuriance and swift, brutal action to devastating effect.” —The New YorkerThe introduction, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group’s discussion of The Clearing, Tim Gautreaux’s powerful story of a mill town steeped in violence in the aftermath of WWI.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781400030538 (1400030536)
Publish date: May 11th 2004
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
The Clearing is not a book to go to if you're looking for fast-paced action or a driving narrative. It's got a slowly creeping sense of dread, but this will go down best if you're willing to accept its leisurely pace between horrific violences. It grows, slowly, until it reaches a flashover point. A...
Very slow paced, which is what I liked about it.
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