Best Read [David Rhodes] ☆ Driftless || [Comics Book] PDF ↠
When David Rhodes s first three novels were published in the mid seventies, he was acclaimed as one of the best eyes in recent fiction John Gardner , and compared favorably to Sherwood Anderson In 1976, a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the chest down, and unpublished for the subsequent three decades.Driftless heralds a triumphant return to the Midwestern lWhen David Rhodes s first three novels were published in the mid seventies, he was acclaimed as one of the best eyes in recent fiction John Gardner , and compared favorably to Sherwood Anderson In 1976, a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the chest down, and unpublished for the subsequent three decades.Driftless heralds a triumphant return to the Midwestern landscape Rhodes knows so well, offering a fascinating and entirely unsentimental portrait of a town apparently left behind by the march of time At once intimate and funny, wise and generous, Driftless is an unforgettable story of contemporary life in rural America.The few hundred souls who inhabit Words, Wisconsin, are an extraordinary cast of characters The middle aged couple who zealously guards their farm from a scheming milk cooperative The lifelong invalid, crippled by conflicting emotions about her sister A cantankerous retiree, haunted by childhood memories after discovering a cougar in his haymow The former drifter who forever alters the ties that bind a community In his first novel in 30 years, David Rhodes offers a vivid and unforgettable look at how each life affects many.

As a young man, David Rhodes worked in fields, hospitals, and factories across Iowa After receiving an MFA in Writing from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop in 1971, he published three acclaimed novels The Last Fair Deal Going Down 1972 , The Easter House 1974 , and Rock Island Line 1975 In 1976, a motorcycle accident left him partially paralyzed In 2008, Rhodes returned to the literary scene with Driftless, a novel that was hailed as the best work of fiction to come out of the Midwest in many years Alan Cheuse Following the publication of Driftless, Rhodes was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010, to support the writing of Jewelweed, his newest novel He lives with his wife, Edna, in Wisconsin Rhodes proves that there is still vigorous life in the dark Gothic roots of great American novels Peter W Jordan, The Tennessean
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Best Read [David Rhodes] ☆ Driftless || [Comics Book] PDF ↠
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Title: Best Read [David Rhodes] ☆ Driftless || [Comics Book] PDF ↠
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