In the third novel in the beloved Port William series, Old Jack, born just after the American Civil War and dying in contemporary times, spends one beautiful September day in his home since birth, remembering
Sharing with readers the most searing moments of Old Jack’s life, particularly his debt to his sister Nancy and her husband Ben Feltner, we learn together what Old Jack’s model of what honorable manhood and strength might be.
"Few novelists treat both their characters and their readers with the kind of respect that Wendell Berry displays in this deeply moving account . . . The Memory of Old Jack is a slab of rich Americana."—The New York Times Book Review
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Wendell Berry is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.
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Anbieter: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, USA
Soft cover. Zustand: As New. First Printing. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "In a rural Kentucky river town, 'Old Jack' Beechum, a retired farmer, sees his life again through the shades of one burnished day in September 1952. Bringing the earthiness of America's past to mind, THE MEMORY OF OLD JACK conveys the truth and integrity of the land and the people who live from it. Through the eyes of one man can be seen the values Americans strive to recapture as we arrive at the next century." [publisher copy] "Few novelists treat both their characters and their readers with the kind of respect that Wendell Berry displays in this deeply moving account. THE MEMORY OF OLD JACK is a slab of rich Americana."--The New York Times Book Review. "Berry draws upon his enormous poetic talent to develop the theme of man's deep attachment to the land. The account of Jack's courtship of his wife is a beautiful piece of writing, and worthy of a place among the best pieces of prose written by American writers of this century."--Library Journal. Pristine paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. Quite presentable. Artikel-Nr. RUB2441
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Zustand: New. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254. . 1999. New ed. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Artikel-Nr. V9781582430430
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1999, 176pp, paperback in goede staat. Artikel-Nr. 28158
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