![]() ![]() She is clearly drunk on the language of Appalachia, on its stories and its people. For this is a novel deserving of unique praise." - The Village Voice You could employ all those familiar ringing terms of praise: 'rare,' 'brilliant,' 'unforgettable.' But Lee Smith and Oral History make you wish all those phrases were fresh and new, that all those comparisons had never before been made. You could make comparisons to Faulkner and Carson McCullers, to The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Wuthering Heights. "A novel as dark, winding, complicated as the hill country itself. It is a tale that begins in the late 19th century with Granny Younger, the midwife, and continues well into the 20th century through several generations of Cantrells it is also a tale deeply rooted in the folk culture of the Appalachians, a tale that in the best tradition of folklore contains 'story upon story.'" - The Washington Post Book World ![]() ![]() tells the story of the Cantrell family and the odd curse that its members believe to have hung over them. "The best novel so far by a writer whose growth has been steady and sure. ![]()
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