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Walk Me to the Distance - A Novel (Paperback)
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Walk Me to the Distance - A Novel (Paperback)
Series: Southern Revivals
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Vietnam veteran David Larson can't go home again. Instead the
Georgia native wanders westward into the desolate landscape of
Slut's Hole, Wyoming, and seeks to integrate himself amid a
hardscrabble cast of memorable locals. David is taken in by
Sixbury, a one-legged widow, sheep farmer, and mother to a nearly
adult mentally handicapped son. This rough-hewn family unit is
later augmented when David becomes the unwilling guardian to Butch,
a Vietnamese girl abandoned at a highway rest stop. A tragic turn
of events moves the novel into violent territory that bridges
western laconic traditions with southern gothic and interrogates
our notions of home, family, duty, and the always uncertain
responsibilities of the individual in society. First published in
1985, Walk Me to the Distance was Percival Everett's second novel,
a hauntingly dark tragicomedy of the modern West, still clinging to
a mythical heritage and code of frontier justice. With spare
strokes Everett paints a telling landscape of big-sky country,
where the mere act of living can be hard, cruel, and
heart-stopping. This Southern Revivals edition includes a new
introduction by the author and a contextualizing preface from
series editor Robert H. Brinkmeyer, director of the University of
South Carolina Institute for Southern Studies.
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Imprint: |
University of South Carolina Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Southern Revivals |
Release date: |
October 2015 |
Authors: |
Percival Everett
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61117-540-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-61117-540-2 |
Barcode: |
9781611175400 |
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