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The Bones of Paradise: A Novel
Jonis Agee
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Description for The Bones of Paradise: A Novel
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 314 x 39. Weight in Grams: 652.
The award-winning author of The River Wife returns with a multigenerational family saga set in the unforgiving Nebraska Sand Hills in the years following the massacre at Wounded Knee-an ambitious tale of history, vengeance, race, guilt, betrayal, family, and belonging, filled with a vivid cast of characters shaped by violence, love, and a desperate loyalty to the land. Ten years after the Seventh Cavalry massacred more than two hundred Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee, J.B. Bennett, a white rancher, and Star, a young Native American woman, are murdered in a remote meadow on J.B.'s land. The ... Read more
The award-winning author of The River Wife returns with a multigenerational family saga set in the unforgiving Nebraska Sand Hills in the years following the massacre at Wounded Knee-an ambitious tale of history, vengeance, race, guilt, betrayal, family, and belonging, filled with a vivid cast of characters shaped by violence, love, and a desperate loyalty to the land. Ten years after the Seventh Cavalry massacred more than two hundred Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee, J.B. Bennett, a white rancher, and Star, a young Native American woman, are murdered in a remote meadow on J.B.'s land. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
652g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062413475
SKU
V9780062413475
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About Jonis Agee
Jonis Agee has been praised by the New York Times Book Review as a gifted poet of that dark lushness in the heart of the American landscape. She is the award-winning author of twelve books, including the New York Times Notable Books of the Year Sweet Eyes and Strange Angels. Her awards include the John Gardner Fiction Award, ... Read more
Reviews for The Bones of Paradise: A Novel
From the opening image of a 'windmill slowly clanking in a wobbly circle' to the sublime final sentence, Jonis Agee's The Bones of Paradise is a beautifully written epic that seamlessly intertwines a family's history with a region's, and, ultimately, with a nation's. This is an ambitious novel.
Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of Above the ... Read more
Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of Above the ... Read more