Southern Lit—ROBERT MORGAN—Balm of Gilead Tree—PB—“Remarkable”—NY Times

Description: • For Your Consideration: • A SIGNED Trade Paperback of: • “THE BALM OF GILEAD TREE: New and Selected Stories” (Gnomon Press, 1999) (Trade Paperback, First Edition Thus) • BY ROBERT MORGAN • SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR • “MORGAN displays an impressive command of American history and of language in this collection of new and selected stories. Arranged chronologically, from the 16th century to the present, each tale embraces a strong, authentic voice; MORGAN’s narrative range is remarkable. The entire collection is set in MORGAN’s native region—the mountains of North Carolina—and the stories mainly focus on the poor or otherwise disenfranchised.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • “There’s a certain inevitability to ROBERT MORGAN’s fiction, as if the people and situations he portrays are not so much written as hewn from blocks of Blue Ridge Mountain stone. Partly, that's a function of landscape, which even more than language seems to motivate MORGAN’s writing; nearly all his work is set in the Blue Ridge region of western North Carolina, where he was born and raised. At the same time, MORGAN brings to his efforts a timeless sensibility, a perspective bound up less with fleeting fashions than the belief that there may be something universal about the human condition after all…. What’s remarkable about THE BALM OF GILEAD TREE is not just the sweep and scope of MORGAN’s stories but his ability to write about individuals in a wide variety of circumstances.” —DAVID ULIN, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • “MORGAN writes with an authority usually associated with the great novelists of the last century.” —BOSTON BOOK REVIEW • “ROBERT MORGAN’s lyric mountain language is equal to the epic sweep of history, to the grandeur of the land itself.” —LEE SMITH • “ROBERT MORGAN’s true landscape is, as with all great writers, the peaks and valleys, the long and winding paths, of the human heart.” —RON RASH • “ROBERT MORGAN remains the consummate storyteller —ELIZABETH COX • “[He] has chiseled and sweated out hard-won stories that won't be readily forgotten by any reader.” —ASHEVILLE [NC] CITIZEN-TIMES • “MORGAN’s stories are filled with love, kindness, and a wonderful sense of place.” —RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATH • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “THE BALM OF GILEAD TREE: New and Selected Stories” AUTHOR: ROBERT MORGAN TYPE: TRADE PAPERBACK PAGES: 344 PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Gnomon Press (Frankfort, Kentucky), 1999 EDITION: First Edition Thus* *RE: On the Copyright Page, no later editions are listed. NOTE: This copy is NOT ex-library NOR a book-club edition. ISBN: 0-917788-73-7 CONDITION OF WRAPS: • VERY GOOD. Price (17.95) is unclipped. Top corner, front, & spine tips are bumped; other corners are faintly rubbed (and the bottom corner on the front bends upward). An “Autographed Copy” sticker is affixed to the front. There is a teardrop-shaped (and superficial) cut on the back—otherwise there is only light but persistent scratching & smudges & a few creases on the sides. Light but persisted wear at edges. All else—clean & bright. CONDITION OF BOOK: VERY GOOD PLUS. Book is square. Spine is tight & uncreased—and its lettering remains bright. Text-block edges are lightly scuffed but otherwise fine. Endpapers are fine. And all the pages are clean & bright &, save for the author’s signature on the Title Page, they have no writing on them—and no underlining, or doodling, or tears, or stains, or foxing, etc. THE AUTHOR ROBERT MORGAN’s SIGNATURE: Appears, in black ink, on the Title Page.••• SHIPPING NEWS: This book will be wrapped with care before being shipped in a cushioned & sturdy mailer. THANK YOU! ********************** /\___/\=•ᆺ•= “We believe it’s good business to be good to our customers.” *********** FLAPPINCAT’s HOUSE RULES ***********1. GENERAL TREATMENT. We enjoy treating FLAPPINCAT customers with honesty & respect & warmth because that’s how we like to be treated when we buy things on eBay.2. GENERAL ATTITUDE. We are grateful you choose to trust us with your business. We aim for that gratitude to permeate every part of how we engage with you.3. OUR DESCRIPTIONS. We describe every item we sell as clearly and accurately as we can. 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