Village Prodigies

"A novel in language as dense and lush and beautiful as poetry . . . [or] a...
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Author: Rodney Jones
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Village Prodigies by Jones, Rodney

Village Prodigies

$47.58

Village Prodigies

$47.58
Author: Rodney Jones
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"A novel in language as dense and lush and beautiful as poetry . . . [or] a book of poetry with the vivid characters and the narrative force of a novel? Whatever you care to call it, it's a remarkable achievement." -- Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls

Village Prodigies imagines the town of Cold Springs, Alabama, from 1950 to 2015 and unfurls its narrative reach as six boys--prodigies and swains--grow up and leave the familiarity of home and the rural South.

Yet all prodigies, all memories, all stories inevitably loop back. Through a multiplicity of points of view and innovative forms, Rodney Jones plays with the contradictions in our experience of time, creating portals through which we travel between moments and characters, from the interior mind to the most exterior speech, from delusions to rational thought. We experience Alzheimer's and its effect on family, listen to family lore and read family Facebook posts, relive war, and revive half-forgotten folktales and video games. In this deep examination of personal and communal memory, Jones blurs the lines between analog and digital, poetry and prose.



Author: Rodney Jones
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 03/21/2017
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780544960107


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2017 pg. 86
Booklist 03/15/2017 pg. 15

About the Author
RODNEY JONES is the author of eleven books of poems. His many honors include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Harper Lee Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award, and he has been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the Griffin International Poetry Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize.

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