Crossing Bully Creek
by Margaret Erhart
In Crossing Bully Creek, Margaret Erhart retrieves the
language of another era, recreating the thoughts and stories of blacks
and whites from the lingering last days of the American South before
the changes of the Civil Rights Era.
Portraying the circles of stature and influence that maintain a
Georgian plantation, her characters range from the wife of the
plantation patriarch to the man who trains the dogs, from the servant
of many generations to his nephew, recently returned from Vietnam, from
a palm-reading cafe-owner to the plantation manager who moonlights as a
real estate developer.
Crossing Bully Creek portrays a region at once mired in
its past and buckling with ripples of change from within and without.
Margaret Erhart's collective portrait of an era is a triumph of
perception and character, a masterful mapping of the changing currents
of time.
Margaret Erhart
Author's Bio:Margaret Erhart is the author of three novels, Unusual Company, Old Love, and Augusta Cotton, and a collection of stories. She writes about travel and the outdoors for the New York Times
and other publications. Born in New York City, she now lives in
Flagstaff, Arizona. As a child, she spent time visiting her relatives
on a plantation in South Georgia.
Awards:Milkweed National Fiction Prize 2005
Quotes:“Erhart’s descriptions of her characters are reminiscent of Jane Austen’s in their devastating precision.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review
“You don’t have to be a fan of William Faulkner to appreciate Margaret Erhart’s finely woven, initially dreamlike Crossing Bully Creek.
However, you may feel at first that you have fallen into one of
Faulkner’s tales. . . . Erhart is a writer who wastes no words. Her
prose is formidable.”—The Statesman
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Price:
$ 15.00
Binding: Paperback
Availability In Stock: 109
September 21
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2006
Size: 5 1/2 X 8 1/2
Edition: First Trade Paper Edition
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 328
ISBN: 9781571310538
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