“Robert Morgan’s lyric mountain language is equal to the epic sweep of history, to the grandeur of the land itself.”
—Lee Smith, author of Fair and Tender Ladies
“His characters live not just in Appalachia but where most of us do: in a world where lives converge, social inequities intrude, dignity comes with a struggle, nature abides, memory persists, and meaning comes, if at all, when least expected. By putting down in prose the essential experiences of a handful of characters, Mr. Morgan has delivered something extraordinarily rare.”
—The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
[Speaking of Gap Creek] “The work of a master …” Robert Morgan “has created one of the most admirable heroines in modern literature. I feel I’ll remember her always. Here is strength and grace and immeasurable courage: a triumph.”
—Fred Chappell
“At their finest, his stripped-down and almost primitive sentences burn with the raw, lonesome pathos of Hank Williams’s best songs.”
—New York Times Book Review
Morgan writes “with the authority usually associated with the great novelists of the last century.”
—The Boston Book Review
“Robert Morgan’s mastery of storytelling is magic.”
—Fred Busch, author of Harry and Catherine
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Robert Morgan
