Five Skies (Paperback)
| Author: Ron Carlson |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN-10: 0143113461
ISBN-13: 9780143113461
Sku: 206662735
Publish Date: 5/1/2008
Pages:
244
Age Range:
22 to UP
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| Award-winning short story writer Carlson''s first novel in 30 years delivers a stirring tale about three men confronting their pasts and their purpose. In a striking voice of intimacy and grace, "Five Skies" reveals itself as a story of biblical, almost spiritual force. |
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Three men meet at the edge of a canyon in Idaho, contracted to build a motorcycle ramp for a daredevil stunt. All three are morose and plagued by personal demons, but despite their inherent inarticulateness, the two older men slowly begin to help the youngest, a malcontent teenager, become a man. This remarkable debut is subtle, beautiful, and stark.
Three men meet at the edge of a canyon in Idaho, contracted to build a motorcycle ramp for a daredevil stunt. All three are morose and plagued by personal demons, but despite their inherent inarticulateness, the two older men slowly begin to help the youngest, a malcontent teenager, become a man. This remarkable debut is subtle, beautiful, and stark.
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"FIVE SKIES is like one of those heartbreaking Raymond Carver stories in which a luckless character catches a glimpse of something better, a small moment of rightness about the world, and, instead of cheering us, this glimmer of hope makes us even more anxious--because we know it can't possibly last."
- Tom Barbash
08/19/2007
"[Ron] Carlson's beautifully crafted and emotionally wrenching novel about nonverbal but deep-feeling males in flyover country is more refreshing than an ice-cold Coors."
05/25/2007
"[Ron] Carlson, critically acclaimed for his short stories, has written a note-perfect novel that will challenge and reward all who care about literary fiction." (starred review)
04/01/2007
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