Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories

Publisher Marketing: From the acclaimed, "New York Times" bestselling, award-winning author of "Serena" and "The Cove "come thirty of his finest short stories, collected in one volume. No one captures the complexities of Appalachia a rugged, brutal landscape of exquisite beauty as evocatively and indelibly as author and poet Ron Rash. Winner of the Frank O Connor International Short Story Award, two O. Henry prizes, and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, Rash brilliantly illuminates the tensions between the traditional and the modern, the old and new south, tenderness and violence, man and nature. Though the focus is regional, the themes of Rash s work are universal, striking an emotional chord that resonates deep within each of our lives."Something Rich and Strange" showcases this revered master s artistry and craftsmanship in thirty stories culled from his previously published collections "Nothing Gold Can Stay," "Burning Bright," "Chemistry," and "The Night New Jesus Fell to Earth." Each work of short fiction demonstrates Rash s dazzling ability to evoke the heart and soul of this land and its people men and women inexorably tethered to the geography that defines and shapes them. Filled with suspense and myth, hope and heartbreak, told in language that flows like shimmering, liquid poetry ("Atlanta Journal Constitution"), "Something Rich and Strange" is an iconic work from an American literary virtuoso." Review Citations: Audio File 04/01/2015 pg. 44 (EAN 9781481515993, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014 (EAN 9780062349347, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 11/15/2014 pg. 24 (EAN 9780062349347, Hardcover) - *Starred Review New York Times Book Review 11/23/2014 pg. 31 (EAN 9780062349347, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 11/25/2014 (EAN 9780062349347, Hardcover) Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 98 (EAN 9780062349347, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 12/26/2014 pg. 110 (EAN 9780062349347, Hardcover) Christian Century 07/08/2015 pg. 35 (EAN 9780062349347, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Rash, Ron Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling novel Serena, in addition to four other prizewinning novels, including One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, The World Made Straight, and The Cove; four collections of poems; and six collections of stories, among them Burning Bright, which won the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award; Chemistry and Other Stories, which was a finalist for the 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award; and most recently, Something Rich and Strange. Twice the recipient of the O. Henry Prize, he teaches at Western Carolina University.