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Blue Earth (Hardcover, New)
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"Blue Earth" is a compelling novel of Minnesota, a land that guards
its secrets. Carver Heinz loses both farm and family in the farm
crisis of the 1980s. Displaced into urban Minneapolis, he becomes
obsessed with Angie, a beautiful child he rescues from a tornado in
an encounter he insists they keep silent. Her close friendship with
a Dakota Indian boy fuels Carver's rage and unleashes a series of
events that reveal the haunting power of each character's past and
of their shared histories, especially the 1862 Dakota Conflict and
public hanging of 38 Dakota--the largest mass execution in U.S.
history.
"We... see our own lives reflected in "Blue Earth"'s dark mirror,
even as we learn a tragic history kept from us by those who would
forever erase our origins... This is a brilliant novel by one of
our truly intuitive and accomplished writers"
--Margaret Randall, author of "Ruins"
"Achtenberg's passionate, brilliantly crafted language, combined
with her profound ethical imagination, makes "Blue Earth" one of
the most important books to appear at this moment in our
history."
--Demetria Martinez, author of "Mother Tongue"
"Achtenberg creates morally complex and culturally diverse
characters whose lives are affected by loss, poverty, disease, and
war, but whose ultimately redemptive encounters with one another
take "Blue Earth" far beyond its Midwester setting."
--Martha Collins, author of "Blue Front"
"In the great tradition of Willa Cather and Wallace Stegner, Anya
Achtenberg writes of the violence, past and present, that shapes
the people of the vast American Midwest. Deep and searing, "Blue
Earth" is perhaps one of the best novels of the past decade."
--Kathleen Spivack, author of "With Robert Lowell and His Circle"
Learn more at www.AnyaAchtenberg.com
From the Reflections of History Series at Modern History Press
www.ModernHistoryPress.com
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Imprint: |
Loving Healing Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2012 |
First published: |
August 2012 |
Authors: |
Anya Achtenberg
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Laminated cover
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Pages: |
226 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61599-147-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-61599-147-6 |
Barcode: |
9781615991471 |
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