Nothing Gold Can Stay
- 4 Apr 2013
- 9780857869364
- £9.99
- 256 pp
- 129×198mm
- 4 Apr 2013
- 9780857869371
- £7.99
- 256 pp
In a few words
An extraordinary new collection from the winner of the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award.
In a few words
An extraordinary new collection from the winner of the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award
Rash can create a character in a single sentence; this is the great American short story at its best
Rash's prose is at once strong and supple, masculine and poetic, and lit up by a wealth of precise detail
Rash can create a character in a single sentence; this is the great American short story at its best
Rash's prose is at once strong and supple, masculine and poetic, and lit up by a wealth of precise detail
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the book
Ron Rash has been acclaimed as ‘the best American novelist I have come upon in the last twenty years’ (Scotsman), a writer with an ‘exceptional quality of characterisation and storytelling’ (Irvine Welsh). Set deep in the heart of the Appalachian mountains, this new collection of short stories confirms his reputation again and again. Nothing Gold Can Stay transports the reader to another place, and illuminates the world around us in unexpected ways.
More about
the book
Ron Rash has been acclaimed as ‘the best American novelist I have come upon in the last twenty years’ (Scotsman), a writer with an ‘exceptional quality of characterisation and storytelling’ (Irvine Welsh). Set deep in the heart of the Appalachian mountains, this new collection of short stories confirms his reputation again and again. Nothing Gold Can Stay transports the reader to another place, and illuminates the world around us in unexpected ways.
Nothing Gold Can Stay is excitingly versatile, covering time periods from the Civil War to the present and ranging in mood from wryly comic to brutal. The 14 stories are united by clean, tough specificity, courtly backwoods diction, and a capacity for sending shivers
All these stories speak about relationships, and at their heart is often the desire for something better, something more. Rash's unforgettable, beautifully crafted, sure and strong stories tap into whan human beings want from each other, and want from the world
Lesley Mcdowell
Independent on SundayNothing Gold Can Stay is excitingly versatile, covering periods in time from the American Civil War to the present day, and ranging in mood from wryly comic to brutal. The 14 stories are united by clean, tough specificity, courtly backwoods diction, and a capacity for sending shivers down the spine... Nothing Gold Can Stay contains more fine stories than can be done justice here
Janet Maslin
The ScotsmanWith Nothing Gold Can Stay, Ron Rash cements his reputation as one of the foremost chroniclers of that mythic uber-America known as the South. . . At his best, Rash evokes an understated poignancy that is genuinely affecting. . .
Nothing Gold Can Stay is excitingly versatile, covering time periods from the Civil War to the present and ranging in mood from wryly comic to brutal. The 14 stories are united by clean, tough specificity, courtly backwoods diction, and a capacity for sending shivers
All these stories speak about relationships, and at their heart is often the desire for something better, something more. Rash's unforgettable, beautifully crafted, sure and strong stories tap into whan human beings want from each other, and want from the world
Lesley Mcdowell
Independent on SundayNothing Gold Can Stay is excitingly versatile, covering periods in time from the American Civil War to the present day, and ranging in mood from wryly comic to brutal. The 14 stories are united by clean, tough specificity, courtly backwoods diction, and a capacity for sending shivers down the spine... Nothing Gold Can Stay contains more fine stories than can be done justice here
Janet Maslin
The ScotsmanWith Nothing Gold Can Stay, Ron Rash cements his reputation as one of the foremost chroniclers of that mythic uber-America known as the South. . . At his best, Rash evokes an understated poignancy that is genuinely affecting. . .
Ron Rash
View profileRon Rash is an award-winning poet, short-story writer and novelist. He is the author of several short story collections and novels, including Serena a New York Times bestseller. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains, USA.
Ron Rash
View profileRon Rash is an award-winning poet, short-story writer and novelist. He is the author of several short story collections and novels, including Serena a New York Times bestseller. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains, USA.
