Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories - Tapa blanda

"This selection of 34 stories from four collections signals the growing prominence of a fine author... These superbly suspenseful stories evoke a world of hurt, but what makes them so deeply satisfying is that they enlarge our capacity for empathy."--Kirkus Reviews

"Rash's stories show the highs of lows of life in the Appalachians through the decades, from the hardscrabble years of the Great Depression through the current challenges of meth addiction... Something Rich and Strange showcase[s] Rash's narrative powers and convey why his work has won so many accolades."--Asheville Mountain Express

"[Rash] brings his poet's eyes to the images of his people and place and his native ears to the language of that locale... Rash's writing resonates with our lives."--New York Journal of Books

"Ron Rash's stories portray the Appalachian landscape in all its brutal, exquisite complexity... It is not an easy feat for a writer to portray a region so fully that enduring truths are found in local circumstance... [Rash] beautifully illustrates the appeal and vexation of the South."--New York Times Book Review

"Ron Rash occupies an odd place in the pantheon of great American writers, and you'd better believe he belongs there...Something Rich and Strange is a major short-story anthology that can introduce new readers to this author's haunting talents and reaffirm what his established following already knows."--New York Times, Janet Maslin

"Expect to be good for nothing for a long time after you read Ron Rash. His writing is powerful, stripped down and very still... Rash's spectacular stories may originate in the peculiar soil of Appalachia, but their reach and their rewards are vast."--NPR's Fresh Air

"[R]ich and strange are two words that aptly apply to this book. I have two other words to continue with: Simply beautiful... some of the stories are so searing, it's as if someone has taken a stick from a blazing fire and pressed it into your hand."--NPR's All Things Considered

"These are among the 'rich' and 'strange' tales Ron Rash shares from his Appalachian region, stories of country life so true, they are sure to strike deep chords among rural readers across the country..."--Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)

"Ron Rash merges sound and sense in [this] new collection... Rash's themes are universal: man's struggle with nature, with others, with himself. "--Charlotte Observer

"Ron Rash knows that shadows are waiting to eclipse our lives, knows that no matter how desperately we search for places of respite, there are likely to be none...[This book] remind[s] us of that truth and of the unforgiving, barren landscape in which that truth resides."--Anniston Star