Sporty Creek - Softcover

Still, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813109655 ISBN 13: 9780813109657

Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky, 1999

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"James Still is a Kentucky writer I profoundly admire. He is capable of such delicacy and at the same time such power, and he's a man who has really mastered the art, the craftsmanship." -- Wendell Berry "Hard times during the Depression and family sacrifices are treated with honesty and humor." -- School Library Journal "Still's novel is an appealing mixture of earthiness and poetry.... We are filled with admiration for robust people who have time to laugh and enjoy life, even in hard times." -- Publishers Weekly "Vintage James Still.... The tale of a poor, but proud, Eastern Kentucky mountain family who, when there's no work in the coal mines, is to turn to an unforgiving landscape as a means of survival." -- Paintsville Herald "What James Still has done is to look at the people of the mountains and just a 'bunch of houses in a hollow' and see a universe unto itself." -- Lexington Herald-Leader "A testament to people of courage and humor with a zest for living." -- Language Arts "Tells of the tough living that many people in that region experienced and the humor and love that kept life rich." -- Appalachian Quarterly

Reseña del editor:

" With illustrations by Paul Brett Johnson Sporty Creek is a series of short stories set in the Kentucky hills. Narrated by a young boy (a cousin of the narrator of Still's classic novel River of Earth) , the book tells the story of his family during the Great Depression. With work in the coal mines sporadic, they move from place to place, trying to earn a living the best they can. The story is told with gentleness and humor.

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• Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0813109655
• ISBN 13: 9780813109657
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 126