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Heaven of Mercury by Brad Watson (2003 Trade PB) - National Book Award BRAND NEW
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Características del artículo
- Estado
- Era
- 2000s
- Signed
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780393324655
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393324656
ISBN-13
9780393324655
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2462072
Product Key Features
Book Title
Heaven of Mercury
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Small Town & Rural, Historical
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
9.8 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
His work may remind readers of William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, or Flannery O'Connor, but has a power--and a charm--all its own, more pellucid than the first, gentler than the second, and kinder than the third., Watson has written a novel at once intimate and epic, magical and real--a dazzling Southern gothic in which love and hate claim equal hold on the human heart., A seamless interweaving of narrative, remembrance, dreaming, and fantasy unifies a wealth of colorful tragicomic material--in a superb first novel by the Alabama storywriter., [Watson's] work may remind readers of William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, or Flanner O'Connor, but has a power--and a charm--all its own., Sort of a calm wail. Each page a deep pleasure. A book at life's pace yet somehow without any of its tedium. Only the Irish geniuses wrote like this., Watson's keen eye for the human condition alone makes Heaven a worthwhile read, and you may find yourself accruing a particular type of knowledge that not even Faulkner could impart., Extraordinary.... Mixes whimsy and hard truth in a way that's heartbreaking.... Pungently erotic, and as affectionate as it is acidic... a perfect modern southern gothic., Brad Watson has set his superb second novel in a small Mississippi city near the Gulf of Mexico. The heat, damp, whisky, bigotry and family skulduggery suggest juicy Southern Gothic. Although The Heaven of Mercury is born of that tradition, it transcends its parentage., In a Southern Gothic style reminiscent of Faulkner, Watson lays bare the lives and most intimate secrets of the richest and poorest families of Mercury, MS. Highly recommended., Watson traces a dark but resonant journey through the world of the Southern gothic in his bleak, touching debut novel..., As mythic and miraculous as Faulkner and Marquez. Amazingly original, and a sublime delight for the lucky readers who get their hands on it. A novel so fine you don't want it to ever end., Extraordinary.... Mixes whimsy and hard truth in a way that's heartbreaking.... Pungently erotic, and as affectionate as it is acidic....a perfect modern southern gothic., An intensity reminiscent of Faulkner, a bleak humor that recalls Flannery O'Connor, a whimsy inspired by Eudora Welty and a spontaneity suggesting prime Barry Hannah.... reading The Heaven of Mercury certainly restores one's faith in Southern literature's ability to startle and surprise., Starred Review. Southern storytelling is alive and well in Watson's capable hands. An excellent debut., [A]n unforgettable story... . The accidents, the disappointments, the corrections, and the secrets each life contains are woven into a deeply sympathetic portrait of small town life at its worst and best., Lovely, poignant, funny first novel, a book filled with fascinating, unpredictable, original characters., The Heaven of Mercury is a tragicomic story of missed opportunities and unjust necessities that wittily explores the souls of its highly colorful cast of characters. It is suffused with an almost savage lyricism that illumines every accurate detail and nuance of place and speech. The light this novel casts is so brilliant it makes even its own shadows luminous. Brad Watson has struck a fresh and thrilling note., An intensity reminiscent of Faulkner, a bleak humor that recalls Flannery O'Connor, a whimsy inspired by Eudora Welty and a spontaneity suggesting prime Barry Hanna... Reading The Heaven of Mercury certainly restores one's faith in Southern literature's ability to startle and surprise... the risks pay off with insightful observations, dynamic relationships and scenes that crackle with tension and possibility., Set in the fictional town of Mercury, Mississippi, The Heaven of Mercury offers us necrophilia, murder, a talking cat, strange goings-on with an excised human heart and a number of ghostly apparitions. Yet it encompasses far more than this; and what might have been mere gothic extravaganza becomes, in the hands of this gifted writer, a subtle and moving meditation on the themes of continuity and impermanence, love and loss., [A]n unforgettable story...The accidents, the disappointments, the corrections, and the secrets each life contains are woven into a deeply sympathetic portrait of small town life at its worst and best.
Dewey Decimal
813.5/4
Synopsis
Brad Watson's first novel was eagerly awaited after his breathtaking, award-winning debut collection of short stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men. In The Heaven of Mercury, Watson fulfills that literary promise with a humorous and jaundiced eye. Finus Bates has loved Birdie Wells since the day he saw her do a naked cartwheel in the woods in 1916. Later he won her at poker, lost her, then nearly won her again after the mysterious poisoning of her womanizing husband. Does Vish, the old medicine woman down in the ravine, hold the key to Birdie's elusive character? Or does Parnell, the town undertaker, whose unspeakable desires bring lust for life and death together? Or does the secret lie with some other colorful old-timer in Mercury, Mississippi, not such a small town anymore? With "graceful, patient, insightful and hilarious" prose (USA Today), Brad Watson chronicles Finus's steadfast devotion and Mercury's evolution from a sleepy backwater to a small city., Brad Watson's first novel was eagerly awaited after his breathtaking, award-winning debut collection of short stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men . In The Heaven of Mercury , Watson fulfills that literary promise with a humorous and jaundiced eye. Finus Bates has loved Birdie Wells since the day he saw her do a naked cartwheel in the woods in 1916. Later he won her at poker, lost her, then nearly won her again after the mysterious poisoning of her womanizing husband. Does Vish, the old medicine woman down in the ravine, hold the key to Birdie's elusive character? Or does Parnell, the town undertaker, whose unspeakable desires bring lust for life and death together? Or does the secret lie with some other colorful old-timer in Mercury, Mississippi, not such a small town anymore? With "graceful, patient, insightful and hilarious" prose ( USA Today ), Brad Watson chronicles Finus's steadfast devotion and Mercury's evolution from a sleepy backwater to a small city.
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