WILLIAM GAY—Provinces of Night—1ST HARDCOVER—"A staggering talent"

Description: • For Your Consideration: • A First Edition in HARDCOVER of: • “PROVINCES OF NIGHT”(The Free Press, 2002) (Hardcover, First Edition, First Printing) • BY WILLIAM GAY • “A staggering talent. Almost a personal revival of handwork in fiction—superb—must be listened to and felt.”—BARRY HANNAH • “PROVINCES OF NIGHT is simply brilliant. WILLIAM GAY writes with such astonishing clarity and authenticity that every single word inside this book rings true. Poetic and visceral, his words excavate a corner of the South with a new standard of excellence and readers and writers everywhere are the better for it. A must-read for anyone aware of the changing pulse of American literature.” —MELINDA HAYNES, “MOTHER OF PEARL” • “After a hugely successful debut with THE LONG HOME, GAY delivers another remarkable literary powerhouse.”—THE LIBRARY JOURNAL • “PROVINCES OF NIGHT is an old-fashioned barrel-aged shot of Tennessee storytelling. GAY’s tale of ancient wrongs and men with guns is high-proof stuff." —ELWOOD REID, “WHAT SALMON KNOW,” “MIDNIGHT SUN” • “PROVINCES OF NIGHT is one magnificent achievement, a wise, spare, hilarious, bighearted tale delivered in language as lovely as the Tennessee hills at dusk. To the list of premier Southern writers that includes HARRY CREWS, BARRY HANNAH, and LEWIS NORDAN, add the name of WILLIAM GAY.” —TOM FRANKLIN, “POACHERS” • “It is time to stop calling WILLIAM GAY an exciting new voice. In PROVINCES OF NIGHT he proves that he is simply one of our finest voices.” —STEVE YARBROUGH, “THE OXYGEN MAN” • “An extremely seductive read.”—WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD • “GAY is unafraid to tackle the biggest of the big themes, nor does he shy away from the grand gesture that makes those themes manifest.” —NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • “There is much to admire here: breathtaking, evocative writing and a dark, sardonic humor.”—USA TODAY • “Some of the important Southern writers who have come before GAY—PETER TAYLOR, EUDORA WELTY, CARSON MCCULLERS, WALKER PERCY—seem timid in comparison to GAY and his nightmarish depictions.” —WILLIAM GIRALDI, THE RUMPUS • “WILLIAM GAY might yet prove that Southern literature can accommodate two FAULKNERs.” —RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH • “If you haven’t read any WILLIAM GAY and you like dark, gothic tales set in the rural southern US, give him a try.”—THE BOOK MARQUEE (BLOG) • “My new favorite writer is WILLIAM GAY. His writes about a community of backwoods Tennessee characters entangled by geography, blood, competition, greed, love, and vengeance. The thing about GAY is that he’s the strange twin brother of CORMAC McCARTHY—or at least his pen is…. GAY is McCARTHY, had McCARTHY just stayed in his home state and continued to write the brutal southern gothic tales that comprised his first four books—THE ORCHARD KEEPER, OUTER DARK, CHILD OF GOD, and SUTTREE.”—JAMES FRANCO • “I don’t use too many superlatives when reviewing, but this is, if not the best, certainly one of the best novels I have ever read. WILLIAM GAY was a brilliant master of language, characters, place, dialect and dialogue, and story.” —JIM H. AINSWORTH, AMAZON REVIEW • “You know you’re in the hands of a master.” —MARCIA K. MATTHEWS, HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY (WEBSITE) • “GAY’s prose is absolutely timeless and compares to the great writers of the South he drew inspiration from. He’s underrated for sure. His novels are demanding, because everything is interconnected and flows within his prose and it requires absolute dedication to savor them the way they should.”—DEAD END FOLLIES (BLOG) • “There’s a whole cast of memorable characters here – and a main plot with several related subplots that whirl and eddy around each other like currents in a stream. Definitely enough to keep the reader involved and interested. WILLIAM GAY is a writer of amazing talent and patience—if you’re a fan of well-written, compelling fiction that contains emotion as well as a gentle dose of humor now and then, you owe it to yourself to check out his work.”—LARRY LOONEY, SOUTHERN LITERARY REVIEW (WEBSITE) • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “PROVINCES OF NIGHT” AUTHOR: WILLIAM GAY TYPE: HARDCOVER PAGES: 293 PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Doubleday (New York), 2000 EDITION: First Edition, First Printing* *RE: On the Copyright Page, the statement “First Edition” & this Number Row: “1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.” NOTE: This book is NOT an ex-library copy or a Book of the Month Club edition. ISBN: 0-385-49927-2 CONDITION OF DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD PLUS. Price ($23.95) is unclipped. Corners & spine tips are sharp. Edges are fine. Minor scratching & smudging (from normal handling) on sides—but DJ is pointedly bright & clean. (Now protected in a Brodart archival cover.) 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