The Ancient Hours

The Ancient Hours
Michael Bible
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NZ$ 35.00
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Trade Paperback
h210 x 140mm - 112pg
10 Dec 2020 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781612198644
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In Harmony, North Carolina, the earth is soaked in blood. Lynchings and hangings; mobs and vigilante justice. But all of that is just whispers of history, lost to time. The summer of 2000 was different. Iggy in the Baptist church. Twenty-five people dead. This, Harmony couldn' t forget. Told in kaleidescope of timelines and voices, Michael Bible takes the reader through all of the dimensions of one tragedy. The victims and witnesses, perpetrators and condemned comingle and evolve as the passage of time works its way through their lives. A fable of the American South that calls to mind William Faulkner and Carson McCullers, this is Bible' s finest and most complex work yet. His broken and striving characters call out to the reader from the page and the moral stakes have never been higher or more finely wrought.
Vivid . . . well-written . . . Highlights in bracing clarity one town' s reckoning with a monstrous act. --Publishers Weekly "Nobody else is on Michael Bible' s planet. He distills all the pain and joy of our lives into the most evocative music, the purest medicine. He' s one of our greatest living artists. The Ancient Hours is brilliant. " --Bud Smith, author of Work In The Ancient Hours Michael Bible brilliantly maps the innate pain of a Carolina town over time. Through an assemblage of complex characters--anarchists and outlaws, fractured families, and lonely librarians, Bible creates a harrowed history that interrogates our present moment. This slim masterpiece might be the book you' ve been waiting for. " --Ryan Ridge, author of New Bad NewsBible' s style is unique: swift, mythic without pretense, eccentric but focused. --Literary HubPoetic and with flashes of brilliance . . . we have a promising new writer here. --NPRBible' s talent is such that he knows how to take scripture and bend and twist it into something that can exist in both heaven and hell. . . Bible is a fantastic writer. --Kevin Wilson, author of The Family FangA singular new voice . . . [Michael Bible] is so open, so easy, so fluid, you' ll smile with joy turning every page. --Barry Hannah, author of Airships Most contemporary fiction makes me wonder why people try to write anymore. Michael Bible helps me remember why. --Blake Butler, author of Alice Knott Michael Bible has the golden hand of Carson McCullers and the joyous cosmic heart of Richard Brautigan. --William Boyle, author of Gravesend and The Lonely Witness "Vivid . . . well-written . . . Highlights in bracing clarity one town' s reckoning with a monstrous act. " --Publishers Weekly "Nobody else is on Michael Bible' s planet. He distills all the pain and joy of our lives into the most evocative music, the purest medicine. He' s one of our greatest living artists. The Ancient Hours is brilliant. " --Bud Smith, author of Work "In The Ancient Hours Michael Bible brilliantly maps the innate pain of a Carolina town over time. Through an assemblage of complex characters--anarchists and outlaws, fractured families, and lonely librarians, Bible creates a harrowed history that interrogates our present moment. This slim masterpiece might be the book you' ve been waiting for. " --Ryan Ridge, author of New Bad News"Bible' s style is unique: swift, mythic without pretense, eccentric but focused. " --Literary Hub"Poetic and with flashes of brilliance . . . we have a promising new writer here. " --NPR"Bible' s talent is such that he knows how to take scripture and bend and twist it into something that can exist in both heaven and hell. . . Bible is a fantastic writer. " --Kevin Wilson, author of The Family Fang"A singular new voice . . . [Michael Bible] is so open, so easy, so fluid, you' ll smile with joy turning every page. " --Barry Hannah, author of Airships "Most contemporary fiction makes me wonder why people try to write anymore. Michael Bible helps me remember why. " --Blake Butler, author of Alice Knott "Michael Bible has the golden hand of Carson McCullers and the joyous cosmic heart of Richard Brautigan. " --William Boyle, author of Gravesend and The Lonely Witness
Michael Bible is originally from North Carolina. His work has appeared in the Oxford American, The Paris Review Daily, Al-Jazeera America, ESPN The Magazine, and New York Tyrant Magazine. He is a former bookseller at Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi, and lives in New York.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781612198644
Published: 10 Dec 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Melville House Publishing
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 112

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