Given Ground

by Ann Pancake

Book Overview

Departing from Appalachia's 150-year-old literary legacy of formula and caricature, West Virginia native Ann Pancake uses the texture of language, an intense attention to place, and complexity of characterization to recreate the region -- its tragic history and fragile culture, the interior landscapes of its people, and their deep rootedness in a threatened land. Her characters, already marginalized economically and socially, confront what many perceive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584657464
• ISBN13: 9781584657460
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"