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Clyde Edgerton Livres

    Clyde Edgerton est célébré comme un romancier de premier plan de la tradition littéraire du Sud, souvent comparé à des maîtres tels qu'Eudora Welty et Flannery O'Connor. Bien que ses récits abordent souvent des thèmes adultes tels que le mariage, le vieillissement, la naissance et la mort, ils sont profondément axés sur la famille. À travers une galerie de personnages attachants et excentriques, Edgerton explore les complexités de la vie familiale. Ses personnages, possédant de nombreux défauts aux côtés de vertus considérables, sont si sympathiques qu'ils invitent au partage d'un café, d'une tarte et d'une conversation. Edgerton, élevé dans le Piedmont de Caroline du Nord, puise dans ses romans l'héritage narratif du Sud rural, où les histoires familiales constituaient une forme vitale de lien et de divertissement.

    Walking Across Egypt
    Killer Diller
    North Carolina

    • North Carolina

      • 142pages
      • 5 heures de lecture

      Take a photographic journey through the spectacular scenery of North Carolina with notable landscape photographer George Humphries. From the magnificent and enigmatic Great Smoky Mountains to the green, rolling hills of Piedmont, to the stately pine-covered dunes and fragile islands of the Coastal Plain, the sheer beauty of the Tar Heel State is captured in this splendid volume. Travel along the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway and visit the grand Roanoke River. Explore the capes, islands, and beaches of North Carolina's glorious coast. Visit captivating historical sites across the state. A moving and nostalgic essay by Clyde Edgerton brings the people, culture, and history of North Carolina to life.

      North Carolina
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    • Killer Diller

      "Wonderful...Clyde Edgerton tells us another of his lovely tall tales." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW Listre, North Carolina, is jumping. The Sears twins, Ted and Ned, who run a Baptist college, have opened Nutrition House for overweight Christians. Meanwhile their Project Promise is busy matching the educationally disadvantaged with wayward youth who want to share their talents. Enter Wesley Benfield, a prime candidate for Project Promise, with a special place in his heart for Baptist songwriting, preaching, and a wide, iron-pumping girl over at the Nutrition House. The Lord only knows where Wesley will go from here.... From the Paperback edition.

      Killer Diller
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