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Swinging Through Dixie
Leon Rooke
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Description for Swinging Through Dixie
paperback. Peopled by Watermelon Queens and ten-year-old business men, these joyful, brilliantly crafted pieces speak to a magical time long forgotten. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 285.
"Rooke is an original...Deliberately eccentric ...deliciously inventive, always rewarding."--The Washington Post The two novellas and three short stories in this new collection by the critically-acclaimed, North Carolina-born author Leon Rooke are united by place and mood. Set largely in the post-WWII American South, peopled by Watermelon Queens and ten-year-old business men, these joyful, touching, brilliantly crafted pieces speak to a time and sensibility long forgotten. Leon Rooke is a novelist, short story writer, editor, and critic. He has published twenty-eight books, nearly three hundred short stories, and is the recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature.
"Rooke is an original...Deliberately eccentric ...deliciously inventive, always rewarding."--The Washington Post The two novellas and three short stories in this new collection by the critically-acclaimed, North Carolina-born author Leon Rooke are united by place and mood. Set largely in the post-WWII American South, peopled by Watermelon Queens and ten-year-old business men, these joyful, touching, brilliantly crafted pieces speak to a time and sensibility long forgotten. Leon Rooke is a novelist, short story writer, editor, and critic. He has published twenty-eight books, nearly three hundred short stories, and is the recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Emeryville, Canada
ISBN
9781771961035
SKU
V9781771961035
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About Leon Rooke
Leon Rooke is a novelist, short story writer, playwright, editor and critic. He was born in rural North Carolina, but has been a resident of Canada for many years. He has published 28 books, and nearly 300 short stories have been published. Over the course of his career, Leon Rooke has been writer-in-residence at numerous North American universities, including the ... Read more
Reviews for Swinging Through Dixie
"Rooke is a raucous writer... What's finally satisfying about Rooke's work... is the momentum created from word to word and image to image."
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