The Cove

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This lyrical, heart rending tale, as mesmerizing as its award winning predecessor Serena, shows once again this masterful novelist at the height of his powers.Deep in the rugged Appalachians of North Carolina lies the cove, a dark, forbidding place where spirits and fetches wander, and even the light fears to travel Or so the townsfolk of Mars Hill believe just as they know that Laurel Shelton, the lonely young woman who lives within its shadows, is a witch Alone except for her brother, Hank, newly returned from the trenches of France, she aches for her life to begin Then it happens a stranger appears, carrying nothing but a beautiful silver flute and a note explaining that his name is Walter, he is mute, and is bound for New York Laurel finds him in the woods, nearly stung to death by yellow jackets, and nurses him back to health As the days pass, Walter slips easily into life in the cove and into Laurel s heart, bringing her the only real happiness she has ever known But Walter harbors a secret that could destroy everything and danger is closer than they know Though the war in Europe is near its end, patriotic fervor flourishes thanks to the likes of Chauncey Feith, an ambitious young army recruiter who stokes fear and outrage throughout the county In a time of uncertainty, when fear and ignorance reign, Laurel and Walter will discover that love may not be enough to protect them This lyrical, heart rending tale, as mesmerizing as its award winning predecessor Serena, shows once again this masterful novelist at the height of his powers. Read The Cove – kino-fada.fr UPDATED 4 3 12 see link at bottom The Cove, a remote locale in North Carolina, is a cursed place, or so everyone seems to think The story opens in the 1950s when a man from the TVA comes by, preparing the area for flooding as part of a dam project That the elders he encounters think burying the cove under tons of water is a good idea offers a first indication of trouble When the man, trying for a drink in a well near some abandoned buildings at the site, brings up murky water covering a sk UPDATED 4 3 12 see link at bottom The Cove, a remote locale in North Carolina, is a cursed place, or so everyone seems to think The story opens in the 1950s when a man from the TVA comes by, preparing the area for flooding as part of a dam project That the elders he encounters think burying the cove under tons of water is a good idea offers a first indication of trouble When the man, trying for a drink in a well near some aban...RON RASH another quietly wonderful book from ron rash, about a couple of outcasts trying to grab a little happiness out of a life filled with loss and loneliness.this one takes place in north carolina during WWI,in a remote and gloamy cove, where a brother and sister live isolated by superstition and circumstances the sister,laurel, has a large purple birthmark believed by the entire outlying town to be a sign of witchcraft,and the cove where the two reside is believed to be haunted after t RON RASH another quietly wonderful book from ron rash, about a couple of outcasts trying to grab a little happiness out of a life filled with loss and loneliness.this one takes place in north carolina during WWI,in a remote and gloamy cove, where a brother and sister live isolated by superstition and circumstances the sister,laurel, has a large purple birthmark believed by the entire outlying town to be a sign of witchcraft,and the cove where the two reside is believed to be haunted after their parents died, the two of...Recently infatuated with southern lit I just had to give Ron Rash a try With racism, poverty superstition the inclusion of an ill fated love affair, slot this one as contemporary southern gothic Yes, it s melancholy and slow paced at the start but so superbly written that it s a joy to read Set at the end of WW1 and told through Laurel s eyes, a simple tale of a birth marked woman shunned by the locals as a witch of her lonely life with only her brot...This was a wonderful historical story and Ron Rash is a writer to add alongside great southern gothic styled writers Just as many have mentioned Ron Rash strikes up feelings of being present with great writers such as Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy.This story leaves a mark with characters that are lonely and modest, rich in kindness and deeply warm to others even though they face inequalities due to race, heritage and have been marked in a superstitious ways as cursed A brother and a sister are This was a wonderful historical story and Ron Rash is a writer to add alongside great southern gothic styled writers Just as many have mentioned Ron Rash strikes up feelings of being present with great writers such as Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy.This story leaves a mark with characters that are lonely and modest, rich in kindness and deeply warm to others even though they face inequalities due to race, heritage and have been marked in a superstitious ways as cursed A brother and a sister are two main characters that at times bring a tear in your eye for the happiest and the saddest of times they face in this WW1 period story The authors successfully places you in the atmosphere of that era...Ron Rash has a sublime sense of place, atmospheric detail and colloquial manners The Appalachian landscapes in his novels are vivid, rugged Colors, smells, and sounds take on a sentient quality, and there s a brutal, timeless delicacy to his terrains Moment to moment, you move from the crest of creation to the threat of destruction His stories convey themselves through the power of domain His latest is a testament to the most fertile aspects of his craft, which shimmer through an otherwise Ron Rash has a sublime sense of place, atmos...3 1 2 stars.The small, isolated community of Mars Hill, North Carolina, continues to cling to the prejudices and Appalachian superstitions of another century in the wake of World War I Its men have been to fight in foreign lands, encountered the awesome terror of modernized warfare, and yet still harbor a profound fear of a young woman who lives sadly and quietly in a place simply known as The Cove Laurel Shelton s life, thanks to the people of Mars Hill, has not been an easy one Marked by 3 1 2 stars.The small, isolated community of Mars Hill, North Carolina, continues to cling to the prejudices and Appalachian superstitions of another century in the wake of World War I Its men have been to fight in foreign lands, encountered the awesome terror of modernized warfare, and yet still harbor a profound fear of a young woman who lives sadly and quietly in a place simply known as The Cove Laurel Shelton s life, thanks to the people of Mars Hill, has not been an easy one Marked by the port wine stain on her shoulder and by the mis...This book really got to me when I read it, and it has quietly haunted me ever since I find myself thinking of the characters some times, and still bothered by the ugly truths of prejudice and human nature that the author captured so powerfully I think it s the subtle, quiet power of the book which makes it so effective, and the evocative portrait of the South I have a real love hate relationship with the region I was born in, and Rash captures it perfectly wildness, beauty, spiritbut all This book really got to me when I read it, and it has quietly haunted me ever since I find myself thinking of the characters some times, and still bothered by the ...There is Lauren, the wicked witch or so the town thinks with her brother Hank living in the cove Disaster has struck the family several times and now they are ready to work hard and have a better future.This is dark and gloomy, with bits of hope shining through Rash mastery with descriptions, he manages to completely immerse the reader in the environment of the cove You hear the gurgling of the water and feel the sunlight on your face when you look up as the birds take off and make the lea There is Lauren, the wicked witch or so the town thinks with her brother Hank living in the cove Disaster has struck the family several times and now they are ready to work hard and have a better future.This is dark and gloomy...Ever since reading Serena a couple years ago rushing to get it done before the movie that never materialized , I ve looked forward toRon Rash The Cove lacks the very sick disturbing main characters found in Serena, but it did offer us Chauncey, a mighty good example of an egomaniac on the verge of doing something truly awful to prove his manliness to the townspeople The main story of the siblings Laurel and Hank taking in a mute vagrant gradually developed into a mesmerizing tale Ever since reading Serena a couple years ago rushing to get it done before the movie that never materialized , I ve looked forward toRon Rash The Cove lacks the very sick disturbing main characters found in Serena, but it did offer us Chauncey, a mighty good example of an egomaniac on the verge of doing something truly awful to prove his manliness to the townspeop...I love Southern literature By turns it can be nostalgic, sweet,romantic, brooding, dark.But for me,southern literature always has it s complicated political and social history at it s core The Cove is no different The setting is North Carolina just before the close of WWI A young woman, shunned by the locals as a witch befriends a drifter she happens upon in the cove...

The Cove
  • English
  • 12 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 255 pages
  • 0061804193
  • Ron Rash
  • The Cove