Village Prodigies

By: Rodney Jones

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Synopsis: “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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 144 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780544960138
Related ISBNs:: 9780544960107
Publisher:: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date of Addition:: 07/29/23
Copyrighted By:: Rodney Jones
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Poetry, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Parenting and Family, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.