Better a Dinner of Herbs (Brown Thrasher Books) - Softcover

Reece, Byron Herbert

 
9780820314891: Better a Dinner of Herbs (Brown Thrasher Books)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0820314897 ISBN 13: 9780820314891
Verlag: The University of Georgia Press, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

First published in 1950, Better a Dinner of Herbs is a compellingly dramatic tale of twisted, often violent human relationships. Taking its title from a biblical passage dealing with the power of love and hate within a household, the novel counterbalances its grim narrative with a poetic prose that evokes a reverence for the rhythm of the seasons and the continuity of life.

Byron Herbert Reece situates the story in the isolated hills of the agrarian South where he spent most of his life, but it could have occurred in any rural setting at any time. An unmarried girl dies in childbirth. Her brother, swearing revenge on the father of the child, sells the family farm and turns toward the open world with his nephew. In search of a wife and a different livelihood, he chances to encounter his enemy. An intentional act of brutality symbolizes an end to his passion and summons him again away from all that he cherishes.

Born at the foot of Blood Mountain in north Georgia and reared in the isolated mountain area near Blairsville, Byron Herbert Reece (1917-1958) was the author of four volumes of poetry and two novels that are tied deeply to the spirit and traditions of Appalachia. Journalist Bill Shipp has called Reece "perhaps the greatest balladeer of the Appalachians." His first volume of poems was published in 1945 to wide critical acclaim, and the publication of his remaining work brought him recognition far beyond north Georgia.

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Byron Herbert Reece was a lifelong resident of the north Georgia mountains. An author whose work is closely tied to the spirit and traditions of Appalachia, he wrote two novels: The Hawk and the Sun and Better a Dinner of Herbs (both Georgia). In addition, Reece was the author of four highly acclaimed volumes of poetry.

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Verlag
The University of Georgia Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0820314897
ISBN 13 
9780820314891
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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