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November 19, 2014 | |
9781611175141 | |
English | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
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.6 Pounds (US) | |
$18.99 USD | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Electronic book text | |
December 3, 2014 | |
9781611175158 | |
English | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
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$18.99 USD | |
v2.1 Reference | |
The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth
And Other Stories from Cliffside, North Carolina
By Ron Rash
The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth was originally released in 1994 and was the first published book from acclaimed writer Ron Rash. This twentieth anniversary edition takes us back to where it all began with ten linked short stories, framed like a novel, introducing us to a trio of memorable narrators—Tracy, Randy, and Vincent—making their way against the hardscrabble backdrop of the North Carolina foothills. With a comedic touch that may surprise readers familiar only with Rash's later, darker fiction, these earnest tales reveal the hard lessons of good whiskey, bad marriages, weak foundations, familial legacies, questionable religious observances, and the dubious merits of possum breeding, as well as the hard-won reconciliations with self, others, and home that can only be garnered in good time. The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth shows us the promising beginnings of a master storyteller honing his craft and contributing from the start to the fine traditions of southern fiction and lore. This Southern Revivals edition includes a new introduction from the author and a contextualizing preface from series editor Robert H. Brinkmeyer, director of the University of South Carolina Institute for Southern Studies.
Reviews
"Rash has given us real writing and real stories, the kinds of tales we hear and repeat, and which return to us in our sleeping and waking dreams."—Creative Loafing
"A substantial contribution to recent southern fiction."—Georgia Review
"This book of stories, shaped like a novel, is an impressive debut, both humorous and insightful. Ron Rash has the eye and ear of a very fine storyteller."—Clyde Edgerton
Paperback / softback | |
November 19, 2014 | |
9781611175141 | |
English | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
.6 Pounds (US) | |
$18.99 USD | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Electronic book text | |
December 3, 2014 | |
9781611175158 | |
English | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
$18.99 USD | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Other Titles by Ron Rash
The Shark's Tooth
Ron Rash, illustrated by Cecile L. K. Martin, afterword by Mary Alice Monroe
May 2015
- University of South Carolina Press
$12.99 USD
- Paperback / softback
The Ron Rash Reader
Ron Rash, edited by Randall Wilhelm
Aug 2014
- University of South Carolina Press
$24.99 USD
- Paperback / softback
Other Titles from Southern Revivals
Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery
John Gregory Brown
May 2019
- University of South Carolina Press
$24.99 USD
- Paperback / softback
Raney
Clyde Edgerton
Jun 2017
- University of South Carolina Press
$18.99 USD
- Paperback / softback
The Floatplane Notebooks
Clyde Edgerton
May 2017
- University of South Carolina Press
$18.99 USD
- Paperback / softback
Other Titles in FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
Drowned Town
Jayne Moore Waldrop
Oct 2021
- Fireside Industries, an imprint of University Press of Kentucky
$24.95 USD
- Hardback
$24.95 USD
- Electronic book text
$24.95 USD
- Electronic book text
Bosses of Light and Sound
Nickalus Rupert
Jan 2021
- Willow Springs Press
$19.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
Fabrications
Pamela Painter
Nov 2020
- Johns Hopkins University Press
$21.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
$21.95 USD
- Electronic book text