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| Title | : | Return to Oakpine: A Novel |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.99 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143125591 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-20 |
| Language | : | English |
One of them, Jimmy Brand, left for New York City and became an admired novelist. “ A moving novel about friendship, forgiveness, and mortality.” —Nancy Pearl, NPR’s Morning EditionRon Carlson has always been a critics’ favorite, but Return to Oakpine shows the acclaimed writer at his finest. In this tender and nostalgic portrait of western American life, Carlson tells the story of four middle-aged friends who once played in a band while growing up together in small-town Wyoming. Jimmy’s arrival sends the other men’s dreams and expectations, realized and deferred, whirling to the surface. Thirty years later in 1999, he’s returned to die. And now that they are reunited, getting the band back together might be the most essential thing they ever do.. Craig Ralston and Frank Gunderson never left Oakpine; Mason Kirby, a Denver lawyer, is back on family business
"A love story and a wilderness adventure that mount to a climax of shocking, and satisfying, violence." — Los Angeles Times"Carlson never drops an extra word or a false phrase, even as The Signal accelerates like an avalancheIf men can't be brought back to fiction by books as fine as this one, it's their own damn fault." — The Washington Post"Powerfula bittersweet love story and a rousing adventure." — The Miami Herald"Read Ron Carlson's latest, The Signal, and you'll be convinced that the answer to your worries resides in the
. Ron Carlson is the author of five story collections and four novels, most recently The Signal. His fiction has appeared in Harper’s, The New Yorker, Playboy, GQ, Best American ShortStories, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. He is the directo
Return to Kindness Kenneth Stenger We all know this story.Everyone explodes out of high school and gravity keeps pulling them back into some dark secret of what we did last summer or how we didn't become who we should have become and if we did become what we should have become how horrible and vapid it all is, so lets get re. Neil Connelly said A Rare and Beautiful Book. Whether you've been one of the multitudes following Ron Carlson for years or have only now come across him, this is a book you're sure to treasure. Decades ago, the four members of a small town garage band came together and captured something essential about youth. Now one, a prodigal who h. "A REMARKABLE BOOK!" according to CAROL CUSTER. What a remarkable book this is! I've often read books where women friends reunite after a number of years; but in this book, we see the story from a male perspective. Four men who were friends in high school - on the football team and in a garage band - come together in their home town afte
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