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KNOCKEMSTIFF is a pitch-dark and often hilarious collection of stories set in the tiny Appalachian town of Knockemstiff, Ohio, a community so deprived and diminished it no longer appears on any map. The youth of Knockemstiff grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; raised on abuse, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, they are stunted in every possible way: emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. They talk a lot about escape but they never so much as cross the county line. The stories in KNOCKEMSTIFF are simple and compact, blunt and brutal, but are also infused with a deep sympathy for the incapacitating loneliness of poverty, neglect and severely limited horizons. KNOCKEMSTIFF is a human, very funny and unforgettable debut from a stunning new voice in American fiction.
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Knockemstiff, English edition, Donald Ray Pollock
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- Knockemstiff, English edition
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Donald Ray Pollock
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0099520974
- ISBN13
- 9780099520979
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, Horror, USA, Murders, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Sexuality & Intimacy, Violence, Horror Short Stories, Desire, Drugs, Hope, Fate, Loneliness, Poverty, Narration, Southern Gothic
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- KNOCKEMSTIFF is a pitch-dark and often hilarious collection of stories set in the tiny Appalachian town of Knockemstiff, Ohio, a community so deprived and diminished it no longer appears on any map. The youth of Knockemstiff grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; raised on abuse, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, they are stunted in every possible way: emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. They talk a lot about escape but they never so much as cross the county line. The stories in KNOCKEMSTIFF are simple and compact, blunt and brutal, but are also infused with a deep sympathy for the incapacitating loneliness of poverty, neglect and severely limited horizons. KNOCKEMSTIFF is a human, very funny and unforgettable debut from a stunning new voice in American fiction.