Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner by Barbara Kingsolver (English) Paperb

Description: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when hes eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTIONNew York Times Readers Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century - An Oprahs Book Club Selection - An Instant New York Times Bestseller - An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller - A #1 Washington Post Bestseller - A New York Times "Ten Best Books of the Year" "Demon is a voice for the ages--akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield--only even more resilient." --Beth Macy, author of Dopesick"May be the best novel of [the year]. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love." --Ron Charles, Washington PostFrom the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees and the recipient of the National Book Foundations Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young heros unforgettable journey to maturitySet in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead fathers good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they cant imagine leaving behind. Author Biography Barbara Kingsolver is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, including the novels Unsheltered, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible, as well as books of poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and Coyotes Wild Home, a childrens book co-authored with Lily Kingsolver. She also collaborated with family members on the influential Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolvers work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned a devoted readership at home and abroad. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has received numerous awards and honors including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, Demon Copperhead, the National Humanities Medal, and most recently, the National Book Foundations Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and its Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives with her husband on a farm in southern Appalachia. Review "Demon is a voice for the ages--akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield--only even more resilient. Im crazy about this book, which parses the epidemic in a beautiful and intimate new way. I think its her best." -- Beth Macy, author of Dopesick"Brilliant. . . . A page turner and Kingsolvers best novel by far. . . . Kingsolver has some of Mark Twain in her, along with 21st-century gifts of her own. More than ever, she is our literary mirror and window. May this novel be widely read and championed." -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune"May be the best novel of 2022...Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love....You may be reminded of another orphaned boy slipping through the countrys underbrush, just trying to stay out of trouble: Huck Finn. With Demon, Kingsolver has created an outcast equally reminiscent of Twains masterpiece, speaking in the natural poetry of the American vernacular....Kingsolvers best demonstration yet of a novels ability to simultaneously entertain and move and plead for reform." -- Ron Charles, Washington Post"If youre familiar with the Charles Dickens classic, youll follow the storys beats and chuckle....What keeps you turning the pages is the knowledge that Demon has a future. The novel ends on a note of hope...not every fate is decided by the circumstances of ones birth." -- Associated Press"Theres really nothing like being immersed in a Kingsolver novel. . . . Damon [is Kingsolvers] bravest, most ambitious creation yet." -- Los Angeles Times"Kingsolvers capacious, ingenious, wrenching, and funny survivors tale is a virtuoso present-day variation on Charles Dickens David Copperfield. . . . Kingsolvers tour de force is a serpentine, hard-striking tale of profound dimension and resonance." -- Booklist (Starred Review)"An epic...brimming with vitality and outrage....the rare 560-page book you wish would never end." -- People "Book of the Week""With its bold reversals of fate and flamboyant cast, this is storytelling on a grand scale. . . . As Demon discovers, owning his story--every part of it--and finding a way to tell it is how hell wrest some control over his life. And what a story it is: acute, impassioned, heartbreakingly evocative, told by a narrator whos a product of multiple failed systems, yes, but also of a deep rural landscape with its own sustaining traditions." -- The Guardian"Extraordinary. . . . Much like Douglas Stuarts Shuggie Bain or Charles Dickens David Copperfield, Kingsolvers epic is narrated by a self-professed screwup with a heart of gold . . . chock-full of cinematic twists and turns. Its a book that demands we start paying attention to--and embracing--a long-ignored community and its people." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Kingsolvers new novel is her best in years. . . . The character of Damon is right up there with the best classic orphans of literatre. Believe me: you will root for this lost boy." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"In Demon Copperhead...Kingsolver channels the voice of a disenfranchised boy lost in the failures of our social system. Its a testament to her storytelling mastery that this novel also illustrates how deeply intertwined our attitudes about nature are with our collective destiny. As always, her purpose is to make us think about the ways we all must look out for each other." -- Arizona Republic"Absorbing....Readers see the yearning for love and wells of compassion hidden beneath Demons self-protective exterior.... Emotionally engaging is Demons fierce attachment to his home ground, a place where he is known and supported, tested to the breaking point as the opiate epidemic engulfs it.... An angry, powerful book seething with love and outrage for a community too often stereotyped or ignored." -- Kirkus Review (Starred Review)"A deeply evocative story...Kingsolvers account of the opioid epidemic and its impact on the social fabric of Appalachia is drawn to heartbreaking effect. This is a powerful story, both brilliant in its many social messages regarding foster care, child hunger, and rural struggles, and breathless in its delivery." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)"Kingsolver brings a notably different energy from her previous work to Demon Copperhead...through a tremendous narrative voice, one so sharp and fresh as to overwhelm the readers senses....Demons spirit comes through, and it is haunting. Its the reason the pages keep turning....Kingsolver has made this story her own, and what a joy it is to slip into this world and inhabit it, even with all its challenges." -- BookPage"Demon Copperhead is a propulsive reading experience, energetic and funny while still conveying Kingsolvers fury at the institutions that have let her community down." -- Slate"Youll be enthralled by [Demons] voice, simultaneously hilarious and wise, as he illuminates life in rural America.....this is the ideal late-fall read to sink your teeth into." -- Real Simple"A dazzling novel....a lyrical re-dreaming of Dickenss David Copperfield. The social injustices of Victorian England have been transplanted, with spellbinding success, to modern-day Appalachia...populated by Americas rural white underclass and now ravaged by the opioid crisis...Kingsolver maintains an astonishing level of energy and intensity....This novel is surely a highpoint of Kingsolvers long career and a strong early candidate for next years Booker Prize." -- Times Literary Supplement"A riveting, epic tale...[Kingsolvers] exquisite writing takes a wrenching story and makes it worthwhile... Kingsolver has given us a superb novel." -- Christian Science Monitor"A heartrending, probing and ultimately hopeful tale about a young boys journey from devastation to survival....Its hard to ascertain which is more brilliant, Kingsolvers skill in modernizing Dickens narrative or the voice she gives to the privations and adversities facing the land and people she so dearly loves." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution"This is storytelling at its best. The voice rings true and so do the incidents." -- Stephen King Details ISBN0063251981 Author Barbara Kingsolver Pages 560 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc ISBN-13 9780063251984 Format Paperback Imprint Collins Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-10-10 NZ Release Date 2023-10-10 UK Release Date 2023-10-10 Year 2024 Subtitle A Pulitzer Prize Winner DEWEY 813.54 Audience General Language English ISBN-10 0063251981 Imprint US Harper Perennial Publisher US HarperCollins Publication Date 2024-08-27 US Release Date 2024-08-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161242239;

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