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Following his hugely celebrated debut novel, The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers returns to the battlefield and its aftermath, this time in his native Virginia, just before and during the Civil War and ninety years later. The novel pinpoints with unerring emotional depth the nature of random violence, the necessity of love and compassion, and the fragility and preciousness of life. It will endure as a stunning novel about what we leave behind, what a life is worth, what is said and unsaid, and the fact that ultimately what will survive of us is love.
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This second novel, set in Powers's hometown of Richmond, VA, probes the grip of traumatic memory in the aftermath of the Civil War . . . A masterly meditation on our unbreakable connection to a world predicated on cyclical violence. (Joshua Finnell, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY) --Joshua Finnell, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
With a complex structure reminiscent of Faulkner, Powers adroitly weaves his narrative threads together with subtle connections that reinforce his themes of longing for coherence and the continuing effect of the past on the present. An impressive novel of slavery, destruction, and the arduous difficulties of love. (Kirkus) --Kirkus
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Beautifully formed sentences express unsettling truths about humanity, yet tendrils of hope emerge,
showing how love and kindness can take root in seemingly barren earth.
This second novel, set in Powers's hometown of Richmond, VA, probes the grip of traumatic memory in the aftermath of the Civil War . . . A masterly meditation on our unbreakable connection to a world predicated on cyclical violence. (Joshua Finnell, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY) --Joshua Finnell, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
With a complex structure reminiscent of Faulkner, Powers adroitly weaves his narrative threads together with subtle connections that reinforce his themes of longing for coherence and the continuing effect of the past on the present. An impressive novel of slavery, destruction, and the arduous difficulties of love. (Kirkus) --Kirkus
A stunning novel about violence, power and love from the acclaimed author of The Yellow Birds.
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- PublisherSceptre
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1473667771
- ISBN 13 9781473667778
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- Number of pages272
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