BRIGHTEN THE CORNER WHERE YOU ARE - A Novel by Fred Chappell 1990 Paperback

Description: BRIGHTEN THE CORNER WHERE YOU AREA Novel by Fred Chappell 1990 Paperback Free Shipping! See our eBay store for more great books of all kinds! This story of a day in the life of Joe Robert Kirkman, a North Carolina mountain schoolteacher, sly prankster, country philosopher, and family man, won the hearts of readers and reviewers across the country. Fred Chappell is the award-winning author of over twenty books of poetry and fiction. His previous novels include I Am One of You Forever and Look Back All the Green Valley . He teaches at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, where he lives with his wife, Susan. This widely acclaimed novel presents a day in the life of Joe Robert Kirkman, a North Carolina mountain schoolteacher, sly prankster, country philosopher, and family man. The humor, humanity, and honesty that so many readers have come to associate with Chappell's fiction is everywhere on display in Brighten the Corner Where You Are . A study guide to this title can be found at http://www.stmartins.com/smp/brightenthecornerrrg.htm. "Deeply felt, warm, and funny . . . a wonderful tale, one full of wild humor and humanity."'� Los Angeles Times "The resonantly lyrical novel enchants us . . . we are lifted to a height of exhilaration few current writers can take us to."'� New York Newsday " Brighten washes you with language. Reading it is like leaping into one of those streams in the middle of nowhere where everything is green and our childhoods wait to reclaim something lost, something astoundingly simple as joy."'� Charlotte Observer "A raconteur of extraordinary gifts, Chappell fluidly spins mountain yarns, weaving spellbinding myths, hypnotic dreams, hilarious dialogue and unforgettable characters into the warp and weft of a funny, poignant and very human story."'� Orlando Sentinel "At once lyrical and plainspoken, relentlessly funny and, at crucial moments, breathlessly sad . . . Brighten the Corner Were You Are is Fred Chappell's finest work so far and thus'�I have been reading and writing and waiting forty years to say this'�it's a blooming masterpiece."'� George GarrettProduct IdentifiersISBN-100312050577ISBN-139780312050573eBay Product ID (ePID)114296Key DetailsAuthorFred ChappellNumber Of Pages224 pagesEdition DescriptionReprintFormatPaperbackPublication Date1990-08-15LanguageEnglishPublisherSt. Martin's PressPublication Year1990Additional DetailsEdition Number8DimensionsWeight10.2 OzHeight0.5 In.Width5.5 In.Length8.5 In.Target AudienceGroupTradeClassification MethodLCCN90-036878LC Classification NumberPS3553.H298B75 1990Dewey Decimal813/.54Dewey Edition20

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