Julyan Davis

A History of Saints (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel of Identity and the Dangers of Indecision (or Haste) During an Economic Downturn, Including Dog Handling, Courtly Love, Gardening and Cooking, Sexual Fluidity, Belly Dancing, Poetry, Loss, and Addiction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A 2021 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist, Adult Fiction Humor

A playful satire of the Great Recession, set in America's quirkiest town.

"The novel, like the house, is a claustrophobic den of big personalities, absurd activities, and unlikely objects, all sharply rendered in Davis' wry prose. ...The tale unfolds at an easygoing pace, more interested in developing the characters and their relationships than launching into any complex plot. It's a story about a certain place at a certain time-an Asheville caught between its past and future-and it's a fine spot to visit for a while."

Kirkus Reviews

During the recession, to keep from losing his home-the stately "Carolina Court," in Asheville, North Carolina-Frank Reed becomes a reluctant landlord to a houseful of misfits. A New Age outpost in the South, Asheville has plenty of eccentrics, and Frank's elderly tenant, Angus Saxe-Pardee, is the strangest of all. Taking charge of the household, Angus rents the last remaining rooms to two women: Andromeda Megan Bell's arrival prompts chivalry and brings a stalking ex-lover to Frank's home; and in Lida Barfield, the elegant enigma, Angus at last meets his match.

In the feuding and chaos that follow, feral chihuahuas are captured, poetry is butchered, and love and gardening finally triumph.

For anyone grieving what we lose to gentrification, A History of Saints is a comedy of errors to revive memories of when our lives felt harder-yet were somehow richer.

Twenty-four black and white illustrations by Julyan Davis are included throughout the book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Shadelandhouse Modern Press, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781945049217
• Artikelnr.: 63726465

Autorenporträt

Julyan Davis is a British-American artist living in Asheville, North Carolina. For more than thirty years he has painted the vanishing architecture of the South. Collaborating with musicians, historians, and writers, his traveling museum exhibits chronicle the folklore and lost histories of the region. Davis was named a semi-finalist for The 22nd Thurber Prize for American Humor for his debut novel A History of Saints, a Foreword INDIES 2021 Book of the Year Awards Gold Winner Adult Fiction Humor. His work can be found online at julyandavis.com and on Instagram at @julyandavis. A History of Saints is his debut novel