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Zusatztext "So beautifully written that you'll be torn about how fast to read it. This is great! gothic Southern fiction." Informationen zum Autor Wiley Cash is the New York Times bestselling author of A Land More Kind Than Home , the acclaimed This Dark Road to Mercy , and most recently The Last Ballad . He is a three-time winner of the SIBA Southern Book Prize, won the Conroy Legacy Award, was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize and the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and has been nominated for many more. A native of North Carolina, he is the Alumni Author-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina Asheville. He lives in Wilmington, NC with his wife, photographer Mallory Cash, and their two daughters. Klappentext For a curious boy like Jess Hall, growing up in Marshall means trouble when you get caught spying on grown-ups. Adventurous and precocious, Jess is protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to—an act that will have repercussions. It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. He now knows that a new understanding can bring not only danger and evil—but also the possibility of freedom and deliverance. Told by resonant and evocative characters, A Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. Zusammenfassung In his phenomenal debut novel—a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small North Carolina town—author Wiley Cash displays a remarkable talent for lyrical! powerfully emotional storytelling. A Land More Kind than Home is a modern masterwork of Southern fiction! reminiscent of the writings of John Hart ( Down River )! Tom Franklin ( Crooked Letter! Crooked Letter )! Ron Rash ( Serena )! and Pete Dexter ( Paris Trout )—one that is likely to be held in the same enduring esteem as such American classics as To Kill a Mockingbird ! Of Mice and Men ! and A Separate Peace . A brilliant evocation of a place! a heart-rending family story! a gripping and suspenseful mystery—with A Land More Kind than Home ! a major American novelist enthusiastically announces his arrival. ...
