![]() In these ten stories, Rash spins a haunting allegory of the times we live in - rampant capitalism, the severing of ties to the natural world in the relentless hunt for profit, the destruction of body and soul with pills meant to mute our pain - and yet within this world he illuminates acts of extraordinary decency and heroism. A virtuosic novelist, poet, and story writer, he evokes the beauty and brutality of the land, the relentless tension between past and present, and the unquenchable human desire to be a little bit better than circumstances would seem to allow (to paraphrase Faulkner). ![]() Rash has long been a revered presence in the landscape of American letters. ![]() PEN / Faulkner Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash discusses his latest book In the Valley: Stories and a Novella Based on Serena. ![]()
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