| Blood of Paradise (Univ PR of Virginia) Univ PR of Virg Edition Contributor(s): Goodwin, Stephen (Author), Bausch, Richard (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 0813918774 ISBN-13: 9780813918778 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2000 Annotation: Stephen Goodwin's second novel is an emblematic tale of a sophisticated couple going back to the land. The restlessness that compels Anna and Steadman to move from the city to a small mountain farm in Virginia Is brought into high relief by the cycles of the natural world, and by the arrival of Anna's demonic twin sister. Goodwin's prose, by turns stark and pastoral, outlines these struggles while leavening them with self-effacing humor and beauty. Peopled with hippies and mountain folk, artists and farmers both organic and traditional, not to mention an unforgettable child, The Blood of Paradise evokes an era through a sensitive and unstinting portrait of marriage. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99089088 |
| Series: Virginia Bookshelf |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.73 lbs) 242 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Virginia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stephen Goodwin's second novel is an emblematic tale of the sixties, of a sophisticated couple going back to the land. The restlessness that compels Anna and Steadman to move from the city to a small mountain farm in Virginia is brought into high relief by the cycles of the natural world, and by the arrival of Anna's demonic twin sister. Goodwin's prose, by turns stark and pastoral, outlines these struggles while leavening them with self-effacing humor and beauty. Peopled with hippies and mountain folk, artists and farmers both organic and traditional, not to mention an unforgettable child, The Blood of Paradise evokes an era through a sensitive and unstinting portrait of marriage. |