Shape the Bent Straight

Résumé du livre

"Robert Lee Kendrick's Shape the Bent Straight mines the familiar tropes of Appalachian literature-violence, pills, dangerous relatives, the legacy of the past-to tell the story of Jacob, who is both haunted and repelled by his heritage. This novel-in-verse follows Jacob as he flees the place and the people he is familiar with to find his own way. While the story compels, Kendrick never lets his language sag. This is a world where "frost stings" and a novice cook "floats on the smell from the pot." Whether he describes a cook chopping meat or a workshop, Kendrick's lines ring with the hard music of authenticity. You might read this quickly for the story it tells, but you will return over and over to linger in the spell these lines cast. Al Maginnes, author of The Next Place and Music From Small Towns"--