A very nice First Edition copy! Fine in hardcover (square, tight, unmarked) in a near fine dust jacket. First edition; first printing (full number line present). Jacket has no rips, no tears, and no rubbing, but with rippling to the top half of the back cover. Ships from NC. All hardbacks are sealed in recycled plastic, packed securely with protective wrapping, and shipped promptly. (C-4.).

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Brighten the Corner Where You Are: A Novel (First Edition)

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0312032978

ISBN 13

9780312032975

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Synopsis

Recounts the adventures of a North Carolina high school teacher who rescues a drowning child, retrieves a goat from the school's roof, and confronts a mysterious custodian

Review

"Deeply felt, warm, and funny . . . a wonderful tale, one full of wild humor and humanity."--"The Los Angeles Times "
"The resonantly lyrical novel enchants us . . . we are lifted to a height of exhilaration few current writers can take us to."--"New York Newsday"
""Brighten "washes you with language. Reading it is like leaping into one of those streams in the middle of nowhere where everything is green and our childhoods wait to reclaim something lost, something astoundingly simple as joy."--"Charlotte Observer"
"A raconteur of extraordinary gifts, Chappell fluidly spins mountain yarns, weaning spellbinding myths, hypnotic dreams, hilarious dialogue and unforgettable characters into the warp and weft of a funny, poignant and very human story."--"Orlando Sentinel"
"At once lyrical and plainspoken, relentlessly funny and, at crucial moments, breathlessly sad . . . "Brighten the Corner Were You Are" is Fred Chappell's finest work so far and thus--I have been reading and writing and waiting forty years to say this--it's a blooming masterpiece."--George Garrett

Deeply felt, warm, and funny . . . a wonderful tale, one full of wild humor and humanity. "The Los Angeles Times"

The resonantly lyrical novel enchants us . . . we are lifted to a height of exhilaration few current writers can take us to. "New York Newsday"

"Brighten "washes you with language. Reading it is like leaping into one of those streams in the middle of nowhere where everything is green and our childhoods wait to reclaim something lost, something astoundingly simple as joy. "Charlotte Observer"

A raconteur of extraordinary gifts, Chappell fluidly spins mountain yarns, weaning spellbinding myths, hypnotic dreams, hilarious dialogue and unforgettable characters into the warp and weft of a funny, poignant and very human story. "Orlando Sentinel"

At once lyrical and plainspoken, relentlessly funny and, at crucial moments, breathlessly sad . . . "Brighten the Corner Were You Are" is Fred Chappell's finest work so far and thus--I have been reading and writing and waiting forty years to say this--it's a blooming masterpiece. "George Garrett""

"Deeply felt, warm, and funny . . . a wonderful tale, one full of wild humor and humanity." --The Los Angeles Times

"The resonantly lyrical novel enchants us . . . we are lifted to a height of exhilaration few current writers can take us to." --New York Newsday

"Brighten washes you with language. Reading it is like leaping into one of those streams in the middle of nowhere where everything is green and our childhoods wait to reclaim something lost, something astoundingly simple as joy." --Charlotte Observer

"A raconteur of extraordinary gifts, Chappell fluidly spins mountain yarns, weaning spellbinding myths, hypnotic dreams, hilarious dialogue and unforgettable characters into the warp and weft of a funny, poignant and very human story." --Orlando Sentinel

"At once lyrical and plainspoken, relentlessly funny and, at crucial moments, breathlessly sad . . . Brighten the Corner Were You Are is Fred Chappell's finest work so far and thus--I have been reading and writing and waiting forty years to say this--it's a blooming masterpiece." --George Garrett

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