| In the Valley of the Kings: Stories Contributor(s): Holt, Terrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393339084 ISBN-13: 9780393339086 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.58" W x 8.2" (0.41 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Praised for his beautifully crafted and strangely surreal (Peter Matthiessen) stories, Terrence Holt had been operating under the literary radar for more than fifteen years, placing award-winning stories in such noted journals as Zoetrope, Kenyon Review, and TriQuarterly. With the release of this debut collection, Holt's work takes its rightful place besides those works of genius--fiction, philosophy, theology--unafraid of axing into our iced hearts (William Giraldi, New York Times Book Review). Whether chronicling a plague that ravages a New England town or the anguish of a son who keeps his father's beating heart in a jar, Holt's stories oscillate between the rational and the surreal, the future and the past, masterfully weaving together reality and myth. Like Poe or Hawthorne, Holt is a gifted wordsmith, his sentences carefully shaped and often beautiful, and he spins these ancient, irresolvable dilemmas in an elegiac poetry (Los Angeles Times). |
Contributor Bio(s): Holt, Terrence: - Terrence Holt is a writer and an internist specializing in geriatric medicine, teaching and practicing at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. |