While swimming in a creek on a hot Sunday in 1969, sixteen-year-old Eugene and his older brother, Bill, meet Ligeia. A rebellious teenager banished to their small North Carolina town, she entrances the two brothers, eventually luring them into a struggle that reveals the hidden differences in their natures. Eugene, falling under Ligeia's spell, grows further and further apart from his brother. When Ligeia vanishes as suddenly as she appeared, the growing rift between the two boys becomes immutable. Decades later, the once-close brothers now lead completely different lives. Bill is a gifted and…mehr
While swimming in a creek on a hot Sunday in 1969, sixteen-year-old Eugene and his older brother, Bill, meet Ligeia. A rebellious teenager banished to their small North Carolina town, she entrances the two brothers, eventually luring them into a struggle that reveals the hidden differences in their natures. Eugene, falling under Ligeia's spell, grows further and further apart from his brother. When Ligeia vanishes as suddenly as she appeared, the growing rift between the two boys becomes immutable. Decades later, the once-close brothers now lead completely different lives. Bill is a gifted and successful surgeon, while Eugene is a failed writer and determined alcoholic. When a shocking reminder of the past unexpectedly surfaces, Eugene is forced to remember that fateful summer and the girl he cannot forget. The deeper he delves into his memories, the closer he comes to finding the truth. But can Eugene's recollections be trusted? And will the truth set him free and offer salvation, or destroy his damaged life and everyone he loves?
Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall, in addition to four prizewinning novels, including The Cove, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight; four collections of poems; and six collections of stories, among them Burning Bright, which won the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and Chemistry and Other Stories, which was a finalist for the 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award. Twice the recipient of the O. Henry Prize, he teaches at Western Carolina University.
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"Rash captures the gritty realities of modern Appalachia with mournful precision. . . . Beneath the surface, the novel contemplates more timeless questions about human frailty, the divinity of nature and the legacies of our native landscapes." Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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