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| Title | : | The World Made Straight: A Novel |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.29 (507 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0805078665 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
Vivid, harrowing, yet ultimately hopeful, The World Made Straight offers a powerful exploration of the painful conflict between the bonds of home and the desire for independence.. Travis becomes his student, of sorts, and the fate of these two outsiders becomes increasingly entwined as the community's terrible past and corrupt present bear down on each of them from every direction, leading to a violent reckoning--not only with Carlton, but with the legacy of the Civil War massacre that, even after a century, continues to divide an Appalachian community. In an Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past Travis Shelton is seventeen the summer he wanders onto a neighbor's property in the woods, discovers a crop of marijuana large enough to make him some serious money, and steps into the jaws of a bear trap. Before long, Travis has moved out of his parents' home to live with Leonard Shuler, a one-time schoolteacher who lost his job and custody of his daughter years ago, when he was framed by a vindictive student. After hours of passing in and out of consciousness, Travis is discovered by Carlton T
The Civil War sections are less successful, but they convey the past's hold on the present and ground Rash's Appalachian wanderers in a shared vision of American immobility. He steals a few plants to sell to Leonard Shuler, a divorced and disgraced former high school teacher, who is living in a trailer and selling drugs. He moves in with Leonard and his pill-popping girlfriend. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Candler, and learn of the county's seismic upheaval during the Shelton La
"A major voice in American letters" according to R. Cooper. Few writers can expose the complexities in an array of characters like Ron Rash. Just when you think you know who're the bad guys and who're the good guys, Rash shows us that below the surface we all struggle with soical pressures, we all try desperately to overcome our fears and inadequacies, and none of us can hold on to the truth long enough to look it fully in the face.Rash is indeed a Southern writer, but don't look for stereotypes here. He has studied his people with anthropologist's and insider's eyes and illustrates how complex the South, even one . Amazon Customer said Required Reading. Rash is in a class by himself. He takes the bad and the ugly of humanity and salvages the good.When the "good" is guestionable, he lets the reader decide.. Five Stars Ron Rash is so aware of his characters, and makes you involved beginning to end of the book!
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