"Set during World War One, The Cove is a novel that speaks intimately
to today's politics. Beautifully written, tough, raw, uncompromising,
entirely new. Ron Rash is a writer's 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
America's 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 O'Connor 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 today's world.