Roxa: Voices of the Culver Family (American Poets Continuum)
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0918526698 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 181 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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In this brilliantly orchestrated narrative for voices, Mr. "Roxa is a daring, go-for-broke experiment that works. Patrick refines the standard boundaries of poetry and prose fiction until they're transluscent, and he opens up exciting new multi-dimensional possibilities for other artists with the courage and imagination to follow his trail-blazing example." - James Dickey
From Publishers Weekly Patrick, author of a book of poems, Letter to the Ghosts , blends seminal and sensitive verse and prose in a potent novel about a New York State farm family that braves illness, natural disaster and personal strife in the 1840s. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Though the brutal realities of farm life are convincingly delineated, readers will be more intrigued by the cadences of multiple narrators and the diversity of their perspectives. These include the thunderous voice of matriarch Hannah, who calls on her kin to "confess," "repent" and "prepare" for an impending Judgement Day; the hopeful adolescent Amelia, ever responsive to her physical surroundings ("I shiver and wait; I feel like the grouses are coming for me, only for me, as if I had some secret that they needed, and at dusk, as they fly, they seem big
A compelling, heart-touching tale. cscalese@worldnet.att.net (This review is for the Oprah Book Club recommendations)I can't believe that more people haven't read this book, but it could be because it is published by a small press, BOA Editions. Patrick won the 1990 Great Lakes Colleges Association Award for this moving first novel, the year after Jane Hamilton won the same award for "The Book of Ruth," a previous Oprah Book Club selection."Roxa"