Something Rich and Strange

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Synopsis

From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Serena and The Cove, thirty-four of his finest short stories, collected in one volume

No one captures the complexities of Appalchia—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 the new south, tenderness and violence, man and nature. Though his 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 acclaimed master's artistry and craftsmanship in thirty-two stories culled from previously published collections and two available for the first time in book form: "Outlaws" and "Shiloh." 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, and 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.

Chapters

  • 021 A Sort of Miracle

    Duration: 33min
  • 022 The Corpse Bird

    Duration: 24min
  • 023 Dead Confederates

    Duration: 52min
  • 024 The Woman at the Pond

    Duration: 27min
  • 025 A Servant of History

    Duration: 21min
  • 026 Twenty-Six Days

    Duration: 15min
  • 027 Last Rite

    Duration: 20min
  • 028 Blackberries in June

    Duration: 34min
  • 029 Chemistry

    Duration: 32min
  • 030 The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth

    Duration: 28min
  • 031 The Harvest

    Duration: 07min
  • 032 Badeye

    Duration: 39min
  • 033 Love and Pain in the New South

    Duration: 11min
  • 034 Shiloh

    Duration: 25min
  • 035 Outlaws

    Duration: 29min
  • 036 Credits

    Duration: 01min
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    Duration: 01min
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