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In "Billy Ray's Farm, " Larry Brown brings the appealing blend of candor, humor, and poignancy of his acclaimed novels "Fay" and "Father and Son" to nine personal essays that explore the emotional and physical landscape of the corner of Mississippi he calls home. The centerpiece of this collection offers a moving description of life on his son's cattle farm, capturing Brown's deep-seated attachment to his family and to the land. In other pieces, Brown takes readers inside the writing cabin he built, chronicles his attempt to outsmart a wily coyote intent on killing the farm's baby goats, and reveals his reactions to being constantly compared to William Faulkner, a writer inspired by the same geography. Threaded through each piece are warm reflections on the Southern musicians and authors who influenced his writings. At once entertaining and insightful, "Billy Ray's Farm" brilliantly illuminates how a great writer responds, personally and artistically, to the patch of land he lives on, providing a wonderful look into the mysterious sources of a writer's motivation.

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Bob Minzehseimer "USA Today" Brown's essays are built out of small, often raw details. His matter-of-fact sentences are simple, even flat; but strung together, flow into rhythms worthy of his favorite blues guitarists. Jeff Kunerth "The Orlando Sentinel" Sometimes it doesn't matter what a writer writes. It's all good. Larry Brown has reached that point in his career. Jonathan Yardley "The Washington Post" Brown is the real thing: a self-taught country boy...whose heart is obviously, and wholly, in the country he loves. Monty Leitch "The Roanoke Times" Read this book. Read it for the clarity of its prose, the vividness of its imagery...its emotional honesty and its humor...its beauty and wisdom and its grit. Just read it. Jeff Kunerth"The Orlando Sentinel" Sometimes it doesn't matter what a writer writes. It's all good. Larry Brown has reached that point in his career. Jonathan Yardley"The Washington Post" Brown is the real thing: a self-taught country boy...whose heart is obviously, and wholly, in the country he loves. Monty Leitch"The Roanoke Times" Read this book. Read it for the clarity of its prose, the vividness of its imagery...its emotional honesty and its humor...its beauty and wisdom and its grit. Just read it. Bob Minzehseimer"USA Today" Brown's essays are built out of small, often raw details. His matter-of-fact sentences are simple, even flat; but strung together, flow into rhythms worthy of his favorite blues guitarists.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780743225243
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
  • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Schuster Australia
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 214 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0743225244
  • Publisher Date: 29 Apr 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Returnable: N


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