The cove - ron rash

Set during World War One, The Cove is a novel that speaks intimately to todays politics.

Beautifully written, tough, raw, uncompromising, entirely new.

Ron Rash is a writers writer who writes for others.

--Colum McCann Ron Rash is a writer of both the darkly beautiful and the sadly true; The Cove solidifies his reputation as one of our very finest novelists.

--Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls Here is a magnificent tale that captures the wondrous beauty of nature and love--and the darkness of superstition and fear--from one of Americas most exciting contemporary novelists.

With The Cove , Ron Rash, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Serena , returns to the Appalachian milieu he has previously so memorably evoked.

A two-time O.

Henry Prize winner for his short fiction--and recipient of the 2010 Frank OConnor International Story Award and the 2010 SIBA Book Award for his story collection Burning Bright --Rash can expect more honors for The Cove , a novel that brilliantly explores often dangerous notions of patriotism during wartime.

This story of a love affair doomed in the rising turmoil of WWI resonates powerfully in todays world.