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Caroline du Nord, 1929. George et Serena Pemberton s'établissent dans les Smoky Mountains pour faire fortune dans l'exploitation forestière. Serena se révèle redoutable, régnant sur les hommes et sur la nature d'une main de fer. Tandis qu'à Boston George s'emploie à contrer un projet de parc national, Serena étend son empire local, éliminant impitoyablement quiconque ose défier ses intérêts. Et quand elle commence à soupçonner que George entretient en secret la mère de son enfant naturel, conçu avant qu'il ne l'épouse, sa fureur ne connaît plus de limites...
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Dans ce coin des Appalaches, entre rivière et montagnes, que l'oeuvre de Ron Rash explore inlassablement depuis Un pied au paradis, un monde s'efface devant un autre : à l'enracinement des anciens à leur terre succède la frénésie de profit des entrepreneurs modernes. Le shérif Les, à trois semaines de la retraite, et Becky, poétesse obsédée par la protection de la nature, incarnent le premier. Chacun à sa manière va tenter de protéger Gerald, irréductible vieillard, contre les accusations de Tucker, propriétaire d'un relais pour riches citadins curieux de découvrir la pêche en milieu sauvage. Dans leur esprit, Gerald est incapable d'avoir versé du kérosène dans l'eau, provoquant la mort des truites qu'il aime tant. Mais alors, qui est le coupable ? La voix de Becky incarne la poésie infinie de la prose de Ron Rash, dont la colère s'exprime dans la description des ravages de la meth, fléau des régions frappées par le chômage et délaissées par les pouvoirs publics.
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Chaparder des plants de cannabis, rien d'extraordinaire pour Travis Shelton. Cette fois, le père Toomey le prend sur le fait et le lui fait payer. Le gamin ne se came pas ; il n'a pas mauvais fond, juste envie de tailler la route. Fuyant l'humiliation paternelle et un présent étriqué, il croise celle de Leonard. Ce prof aux leçons décalées pourrait l'aider à remettre son monde à l'endroit.
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From award-winning author Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today" --
Blowing Rock, North Carolina, 1951. Blackburn Gant, his life irrevocably altered by a childhood case of polio, seems condemned to spend his life among the dead as the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery. It suits his withdrawn personality, and the inexplicable occurrences that happen from time to time rattle him less than interactions with the living. But when his only friend, the kind but impulsive Jacob Hampton, is conscripted to serve overseas, Blackburn is charged with caring for Jacob's wife, Naomi, as well.;
Jacob and Naomi's elopement has scandalized the community and angered Jacob's parents. Shunned by the townsfolk for their differences and equally fearful that Jacob may never come home from the war, Blackburn and Naomi grow closer, even as a stunning betrayal shatters familial bonds.;
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While swimming in a secluded creek on a hot Sunday in 1969, sixteen-year-old Eugene and his older brother, Bill, meet the entrancing Ligeia. A sexy, free-spirited redhead from Daytona Beach banished to their small North Carolina town, Ligeia entrances the brothers, especially Eugene, who is drawn to her raw sensuality and rebellious attitude. Eugene begins to move farther and farther away from his brother, the cautious and dutiful Bill, and when Ligeia vanishes as suddenly as she appeared, the growing rift between the two brothers becomes immutable. Decades later, the once close brothers now lead completely different lives. Bill is a gifted and successful surgeon, and a paragon of the community, while Eugene, the town reprobate, is a failed writer and determined alcoholic. When a shocking reminder of the past unexpectedly surfaces, Eugene is plunged back into that fateful summer, and the girl he cannot forget. The deeper Eugene delves into his memories, the closer he comes to finding the truth. But can Eugene's recollections be trusted? And will the truth set him free and offer salvation . . . or destroy his damaged life and everyone he loves?>
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A collection of haunting lyricism that evokes the beauty and hardship of the rural South, by a revered American master of letters--the award-winning, bestselling author of the novels Serena, Something Rich and Strange , and Above the Waterfall. In this incandescent, profound, and accessible collection, beloved and award-winning poet, novelist, and short-story writer Ron Rash vividly channels the rhythms of life in Appalachia, deftly capturing the panoply of individuals who are its heart and soul--men and women inured to misfortune and hard times yet defined by tremendous fortitude, resilience, and a fierce sense of community. In precise, supple language that swerves from the stark to the luminous, Rash richly describes the splendor of the natural landscape and poignantly renders the lives of those dependent on its bounty--in cotton mills and tobacco fields, farmlands and forests. The haunting memories and shared histories of these people--their rituals and traditions--animate this land, and are celebrated in Rash's crystalline, intensely imagined verse. With an eye for the surprising and vivid detail, Ron Rash powerfully captures the sorrows and exaltations of this wondrous world he knows intimately. Illuminating and indelible, Poems demonstrates his rich talents and confirms his legacy as a standard-bearer for the literature of the American South.
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"Set during World War One, The Cove is a novel that speaks intimately to today's politics. Beautifully written, tough, raw, uncompromising, entirely new. Ron Rash is a writer's 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 America's 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 O'Connor 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 today's world.
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From the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling award-winning author of Serena and The Cove , thirty of his finest short stories, collected in one volume. No one captures the complexities of Appalachia--a rugged, brutal landscape of exquisite beauty--as evocatively and indelibly as author and poet Ron Rash. Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, two O Henry prizes, and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, Rash brilliantly illuminates the tensions between the traditional and the modern, the old and new south, tenderness and violence, man and nature. Though the focus is regional, the themes of Rash's work are universal, striking an emotional chord that resonates deep within each of our lives. Something Rich and Strange showcases this revered master's artistry and craftsmanship in thirty stories culled from his previously published collections Nothing Gold Can Stay, Burning Bright, Chemistry, and The Night New Jesus Fell to Earth . Each work of short fiction demonstrates Rash's dazzling ability to evoke the heart and soul of this land and its people--men and women inexorably tethered to the geography that defines and shapes them. Filled with suspense and myth, hope and heartbreak, told in language that flows like "shimmering, liquid poetry" ( Atlanta Journal Constitution ), Something Rich and Strange is an iconic work from an American literary virtuoso.
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Les best-sellers Sarbacane... à petit prix !
Belle Serena vient d'e´pouser George Pemberton, riche exploitant forestier. Leur projet ? Exploiter jusqu'au dernier arpent le bois des Smoky Mountains. Ce sont les anne´es 30, la crise a jete´ sur les routes des hordes d'ouvriers et leurs familles. L'aubaine est trop bonne pour ces deux monstres, qui se vivent comme seuls au monde. Ils vont imposer leur loi, impitoyable, a` des bu^cherons traite´s comme des esclaves.
Cheveux courts, allure altie`re, la mine´rale Serena parcourt sans rela^che ses terres a` cheval, un aigle perche´ sur le bras. Elle inspire aux bu^cherons me´duse´s autant la peur que la fascination. Et dans son sillage, le re´cit prend des allures de thriller sauvage et impitoyable... Serena consumera-t-elle les arbres et les hommes jusqu'au dernier ?
