Four Spirits 20pk RGG - Hardcover
About the Author:
Review:
Sena Jeter Naslund is a cofounder and program director of the Spalding University (Louisville) brief-residency MFA in Writing, where she edits The Louisville Review and Fleur-de-Lis Press. A winner of the Harper Lee Award and the Southeastern Library Association Fiction award, she is the author of eight previous works of fiction, including Ahab's Wife, a finalist for the Orange Prize. She recently retired from her position as Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Louisville.
“Filled with the fear Naslund witnessed, the characters ...come to life ....Naslund succeeds splendidly in making history a page-turner.” (USA Weekend)
“Vital and moving...It’s as if Virginia Woolf went down to Birmingham to cover the civil rights struggle.” (New York Times Book Review)
“A major novel of great cultural and historical importance.” (Louisville Courier Journal)
“This is a brave and multifaceted book, propelled by a mission, and ...it is a page-turner.” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
“...A compelling picture of the South and the civil rights movement during one of its pivotal moments.” (Denver Post)
“...contains one of the most astonishing pieces of writing to appear in any novel of recent memory. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
“This is a wonderful, wonderful novel ...[Naslund] has blown a deep breath of life into Four Spirits.” (Detroit Free Press)
“Crisp, insightful writing.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
“Naslund’s insight and craftsmanship ...capture the complexities and cultural nuances of the times.” (San Diego Union-Tribune)
“Told in beautifully crafted prose, this is a moving, historically accurate tale of a time of social transformation.” (Library Journal (starred review))
“Vital and moving...It’s as if Virginia Woolf went down to Birmingham to cover the civil rights struggle.” (New York Times Book Review)
“A major novel of great cultural and historical importance.” (Louisville Courier Journal)
“This is a brave and multifaceted book, propelled by a mission, and ...it is a page-turner.” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
“...A compelling picture of the South and the civil rights movement during one of its pivotal moments.” (Denver Post)
“...contains one of the most astonishing pieces of writing to appear in any novel of recent memory. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
“This is a wonderful, wonderful novel ...[Naslund] has blown a deep breath of life into Four Spirits.” (Detroit Free Press)
“Crisp, insightful writing.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
“Naslund’s insight and craftsmanship ...capture the complexities and cultural nuances of the times.” (San Diego Union-Tribune)
“Told in beautifully crafted prose, this is a moving, historically accurate tale of a time of social transformation.” (Library Journal (starred review))
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- PublisherWilliam Morrow
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0060571551
- ISBN 13 9780060571559
- BindingHardcover
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