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- État
- Book Title
- Birds of Opulence
- Publication Name
- The Birds of Opulence
- Title
- The Birds of Opulence
- EAN
- 9780813174990
- ISBN
- 9780813174990
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Release Year
- 2018
- Release Date
- 23/02/2018
- Item Height
- 216mm
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0813174996
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Series
- Kentucky Voices
- Genre
- Fiction
- Book Series
- Kentucky Voices Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Topic
- African American / Contemporary Women, Family Life, General, Literary
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 9.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
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From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Blackberries, Blackberries and Water Street comes an astonishing new novel. A lyrical exploration of love and loss, The Birds of Opulence centers on several generations of women in a bucolic southern black township as they live with and sometimes surrender to madness. The Goode-Brown family, led by matriarch and pillar of the community Minnie Mae, is plagued by old secrets and embarrassment over mental illness and illegitimacy. Meanwhile, single mother Francine Clark is haunted by her dead, lightning-struck husband and forced to fight against both the moral judgment of the community and her own rebellious daughter, Mona. The residents of Opulence struggle with vexing relationships to the land, to one another, and to their own sexuality. As the members of the youngest generation watch their mothers and grandmothers pass away, they live with the fear of going mad themselves and must fight to survive. Crystal Wilkinson offers up Opulence and its people in lush, poetic detail. It is a world of magic, conjuring, signs, and spells, but also of harsh realities that only love--and love that's handed down--can conquer. At once tragic and hopeful, this captivating novel is a story about another time, rendered for our own.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10
0813174996
ISBN-13
9780813174990
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240341263
Product Key Features
Book Title
Birds of Opulence
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
African American / Contemporary Women, Family Life, General, Literary
Book Series
Kentucky Voices Ser.
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ps3573.I44184b57
Reviews
"It's a book so prismatic that it makes us inquire, long after it ends, about the special and specific processes of nature, both our biomes and human wildness. The Birds of Opulence is categorically lyrical. On the surface, one can hear echoes of predecessors such as Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison. Thus, in The Birds of Opulence , Wilkinson recreates a nuclear family that is literally the beating heart of eco-feminism with all its squash patches and broken water in dirt." -- Rain Taxi Review of Books, "The writing is breathtaking -- lyrical and poetic without any pretension.... Wilkinson is working at the height of her powers." -- Lisa Williams, author of Gazelle in the House, " The Birds of Opulence is a magical, lyrical novel by award-winning author Crystal Wilkinson." -- D.L. Hughley Show, "Wilkinson writes of the in-between moments when breath can become suffocation, and when sanity transforms into madness. Wilkinson also writes knowingly about the silences, confusions and half-understood ancestral legends that can exist inside people. This novel meditates on those tensions and confusions by exploring the inner lives of over half a dozen residents of the town of Opulence. The Birds of Opulence is a novel, where every yesterday converges and the reader is almost asked, aren't we all just looking for a little love before we die? A swift and beautiful novel." -- Leo Weekly, "Mental illness, illegitimate children, friendship, memories, loss, and family ties have beenexplored in fiction before, but in Crystal Wilkinson's long awaited new book, all of these subjects come together in a way that is realistic but not tired, familiar but not predictable, and moving but not nostalgic. Wilkinson so capably and so effortlessly creates this vivid and genuine world that I'm tempted to pull one lush description after another so I can savor her prose a while longer." -- Amanda Kelley, JMWW blog, "Today, Wilkinson is an important and lively force in literary circles. While both heartbreaking and hopeful, the book lingers on the mysterious force and importance of love, especially love handed down through the generations. In The Birds of Opulence , Crystal Wilkinson has told a story with a true Kentucky voice." -- Louisville Courier Journal, "Crystal Wilkinson's Opulence, Kentucky, is small geographically and in population, but the novel's concerns are large -- life, death, love, betrayal, despair, and hope. Wilkinson is a lyrical writer, and, once encountered in these pages, her characters and their stories linger in our memories long after the last page is turned. The Birds of Opulence is a novel to be read and reread." -- Ron Rash, author of Above the Waterfall, Wilkinson is a fine writer, depicting the characters in her book with a sure hand. This is a book to savor. I recommend it gladly., This lush, lyrical prose is unsurprising from Wilkinson, a critically acclaimed poet and award-winning author. The sumptuous prose and keen insight into the complicated, shifting relationships of one generation to the next will surely bring Wilkinson further recognition for her talents., "Amid the thousands of novels published each year, the appearance of great ones with the power to last are as rare as hen's teeth. Thus, publication of The Birds of Opulence this spring is a signal occasion. It heralds the appearance of a masterful novel by Crystal Wilkinson [who] has written a moving and tragic multigenerational novel. Wilkinson has created a beautiful -- and brilliant -- novel, in some ways reminiscent of the work of Toni Morrison: rich in poetry, rife with memorable characters who each speak in natural but unique voices as they struggle to bear the pain which the older generation inevitably visits on the younger while each generation tries also to cope with the fraught and explosive elements that appear to be part of the very nature of being human -- the drive for emotional and sexual expression and connection. There is so much that resonates in this novel, so much magic, so much that informs, so much that feels like a kind of dream but which may actually be something like the residue of your own long forgotten memory of a homeplace. You definitely don't want to miss reading The Birds of Opulence ." -- Richmond Register, Wilkinson has written a beautiful and tragic intergenerational family epic that is as charged and challenging as it is tremendously moving., Those birds.... They swoop down on and around Opulence, Kentucky, proffering a sweeping perspective of more than three decades that's both grand and intimate. Yes, they are all here, several generations of women--Minnie Mae, Tookie, Lucy, Francine, Yolanda, and Mona--and there are a few good men, too, each and every one of them indelible. Burnished with Wilkinson's stunning prose, The Birds of Opulence is golden and magnificent., "Those birds.... They swoop down on and around Opulence, Kentucky, proffering a sweeping perspective of more than three decades that's both grand and intimate. Yes, they are all here, several generations of women -- Minnie Mae, Tookie, Lucy, Francine, Yolanda, and Mona -- and there are a few good men, too, each and every one of them indelible. Burnished with Wilkinson's stunning prose, The Birds of Opulence is golden and magnificent." -- Robin Lippincott, author of Blue Territory , and In the Meantime, Wilkinson's novel is a special gift to Kentuckians. It speaks to the love of family and the region, and delivers real life tragedies and joys with honest appraisal. It deserves a spot on the shelf with the masters, James Still, Harriette Arnow, and Wendell Berry., Crystal Wilkinson's Opulence, Kentucky, is small geographically and in population, but the novel's concerns are large--life, death, love, betrayal, despair, and hope. Wilkinson is a lyrical writer, and, once encountered in these pages, her characters and their stories linger in our memories long after the last page is turned. The Birds of Opulence is a novel to be read and reread., Wilkinson writes of the in-between moments when breath can become suffocation, and when sanity transforms into madness. Wilkinson also writes knowingly about the silences, confusions and half-understood ancestral legends that can exist inside people. This novel meditates on those tensions and confusions by exploring the inner lives of over half a dozen residents of the town of Opulence. The Birds of Opulence is a novel, where every yesterday converges and the reader is almost asked, aren't we all just looking for a little love before we die? A swift and beautiful novel., Amid the thousands of novels published each year, the appearance of great ones with the power to last are as rare as hen's teeth. Thus, publication of The Birds of Opulence this spring is a signal occasion. It heralds the appearance of a masterful novel by Crystal Wilkinson [who] has written a moving and tragic multigenerational novel.... You definitely don't want to miss reading The Birds of Opulence ., Mental illness, illegitimate children, friendship, memories, loss, and family ties have been explored in fiction before, but in Crystal Wilkinson's long awaited new book, all of these subjects come together in a way that is realistic but not tired, familiar but not predictable, and moving but not nostalgic. Wilkinson so capably and so effortlessly creates this vivid and genuine world that I'm tempted to pull one lush description after another so I can savor her prose a while longer., "Amid the thousands of novels published each year, the appearance of great ones with the power to last are as rare as hen's teeth. Thus, publication of The Birds of Opulence this spring is a signal occasion. It heralds the appearance of a masterful novel by Crystal Wilkinson [who] has written a moving and tragic multigenerational novel.... You definitely don't want to miss reading The Birds of Opulence ." -- Richmond Register, "Wilkinson's novel is a special gift to Kentuckians. It speaks to the love of family and the region, and delivers real life tragedies and joys with honest appraisal. It deserves a spot on the shelf with the masters, James Still, Harriette Arnow, and Wendell Berry." -- Louisville Review, Praised for its lyrical expression, this book is so rich with wisdom, you just might want to read twice., "Wilkinson is a fine writer, depicting the characters in her book with a sure hand. This is a book to savor. I recommend it gladly." -- Me, You, and Books, The writing is breathtaking--lyrical and poetic without any pretension.... Wilkinson is working at the height of her powers., "Lyrical and visionary, unconventional, and infused with beauty." -- Maurice Manning, author of The Common Man , finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, "Praised for its lyrical expression, this book is so rich with wisdom, you just might want to read twice." -- Brit + Co, Today, Wilkinson is an important and lively force in literary circles. While both heartbreaking and hopeful, the book lingers on the mysterious force and importance of love, especially love handed down through the generations. In The Birds of Opulence , Crystal Wilkinson has told a story with a true Kentucky voice., "Wilkinson is skillful at drawing the reader into the lives of the Goode-Brown women, Minnie Mae, Tookie, Lucy and Yolanda. The struggle of the Browns in coping with their families' shortcomings, albeit no fault of their own, is one reason this book is such a good read." -- The Southeastern Librarian, Wilkinson is skillful at drawing the reader into the lives of the Goode-Brown women, Minnie Mae, Tookie, Lucy and Yolanda. The struggle of the Browns in coping with their families' shortcomings, albeit no fault of their own, is one reason this book is such a good read., "This lush, lyrical prose is unsurprising from Wilkinson, a critically acclaimed poet and award-winning author. The sumptuous prose and keen insight into the complicated, shifting relationships of one generation to the next will surely bring Wilkinson further recognition for her talents." -- Now & Then, It's a book so prismatic that it makes us inquire, long after it ends, about the special and specific processes of nature, both our biomes and human wildness. The Birds of Opulence is categorically lyrical. On the surface, one can hear echoes of predecessors such as Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison. Thus, in The Birds of Opulence , Wilkinson recreates a nuclear family that is literally the beating heart of eco-feminism with all its squash patches and broken water in dirt.
Copyright Date
2017
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
23
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