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- Book Title
- Guests on Earth : a Novel
- Publication Name
- Guests on Earth
- Title
- Guests on Earth
- Subtitle
- A Novel
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1616203803
- EAN
- 9781616203801
- ISBN
- 9781616203801
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, Literary, Historical
- Release Date
- 13/05/2014
- Release Year
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 8.3in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 9.9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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"Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work." --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl It's 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital, a mental institution in Asheville, North Carolina, known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing of the hospital's most notable patient, Zelda Fitzgerald, Evalina witnesses cascading events that lead up to the tragic fire of 1948 that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them. Author Lee Smith has created, through a seamless blending of fiction and fact, a mesmerizing novel about a world apart--in which art and madness are luminously intertwined.
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-10
1616203803
ISBN-13
9781616203801
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168645733
Product Key Features
Book Title
Guests on Earth : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
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"Perennially best-selling Smith presents an impeccably researched historical novel that reveals the early twentieth century's antediluvian attitudes toward mental health and women's independence." --Booklist "Engaging . . . touching." --Publishers Weekly "The American South has produced some of the greatest writers in history. Seated at the head of that table is Lee Smith, who writes with ferocity and detail, tenderness and specificity, about life in the mountains of southwest Virginia and eastern Tennessee. In Guests on Earth, something altogether new and different, Smith . . . solves the mystery of the death of Zelda Fitzgerald through the prism of a beguiling narrator, Evalina, who bore witness to the tragedy and lived to tell her version of the events. This is Lee Smith at her powerful best." --Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Daughter "In Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction." --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers, eoeTreading the fine line between sanity and insanity, this historical novel imagines the 12 years proceeding the 1948 fire that engulfed a North Carolina mental hospital and killed F. Scott Fitzgeralde(tm)s estranged wife, Zelda.e --Ms. Magazine eoeWith this book, Smith will broaden her readership to draw in those fascinated by the Fitzgerald ethos while entertaining her perennial fans with the local lore and down home accents behind the scenes.e --Foreword Reviews eoeEngaging . . . Touching.e --Publishers Weekly eoePerennially best-selling Smith presents an impeccably researched historical novel that reveals the early twentieth centurye(tm)s antediluvian attitudes toward mental health and womene(tm)s independence.e --Booklist eoeThis is Lee Smith at her powerful best, writing the South she knows through the eyes of a woman who lived it.e --Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Daughter eoeIn Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction.e --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers, "Perennially best-selling Smith presents an impeccably researched historical novel that reveals the early twentieth century's antediluvian attitudes toward mental health and women's independence." --Booklist "Engaging . . . touching." --Publishers Weekly, "[An] engaging and engrossing novel . . . Smith's well-developed characters, rich historical detail and easy prose create a novel that some may call her best yet, and which it just may be." --Minneapolis Star Tribune "Those who enjoyed Smith's previous work (e.g., Fair and Tender Ladies; The Last Girls) will certainly appreciate this absorbing book, as will those interested in the history of treating mental illness in the United States and fans of Southern or Appalachian fiction." --Library Journal "With Guests on Earth, Lee Smith shines new light on a shadowy, complex subject . . . She offers a broader historical perspective--and with it, a captivating, inimitable voice." --The Raleigh News and Observer "Treading the fine line between sanity and insanity, this historical novel imagines the 12 years proceeding the 1948 fire that engulfed a North Carolina mental hospital and killed F. Scott Fitzgerald's estranged wife, Zelda." --Ms. Magazine "Engaging . . . Touching." --Publishers Weekly "This is Lee Smith at her powerful best, writing the South she knows through the eyes of a woman who lived it." --Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife "In Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction." --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers, "Those who enjoyed Smith's previous work (e.g., Fair and Tender Ladies; The Last Girls) will certainly appreciate this absorbing book, as will those interested in the history of treating mental illness in the United States and fans of Southern or Appalachian fiction." --Library Journal "Smith has created a compelling, disturbing but also uplifting narrative inspired by the 1948 fire that swept through Highland Hospital in Asheville, killing nine women, among them Zelda Fitzgerald." --The Herald Sun "Treading the fine line between sanity and insanity, this historical novel imagines the 12 years proceeding the 1948 fire that engulfed a North Carolina mental hospital and killed F. Scott Fitzgerald's estranged wife, Zelda." --Ms. Magazine "With this book, Smith will broaden her readership to draw in those fascinated by the Fitzgerald ethos while entertaining her perennial fans with the local lore and down home accents behind the scenes." --Foreword Reviews "Engaging . . . Touching." --Publishers Weekly "Perennially best-selling Smith presents an impeccably researched historical novel that reveals the early twentieth century's antediluvian attitudes toward mental health and women's independence." --Booklist "This is Lee Smith at her powerful best, writing the South she knows through the eyes of a woman who lived it." --Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife "In Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction." --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers, "[An] elegant historical novel . . . Lee Smith is an assured and accomplished writer, and her use of Zelda as a subject in Guests on Earth is brilliant . . . This is a carefully researched, utterly charming novel. By the time you finish it, you fall in love with these fascinating lives, too." --The Washington Post "Guests on Earth is a mesmerizing novel about a time and place where creativity and passion, theory and medicine, fact and fiction, are luminously intertwined." --BookPage "Indeed, most of the high spirited, rebellious, outspoken women who populate Guests on Earth would not now be considered insane at all. Smith's imaginative, layered story illuminates the complexity of their collective plight--to be put in towers until they had no choice but to behave--and rescues them one by one." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "[An] engaging and engrossing novel . . . Smith's well-developed characters, rich historical detail and easy prose create a novel that some may call her best yet, and which it just may be." --Minneapolis Star Tribune "Those who enjoyed Smith's previous work (e.g., Fair and Tender Ladies; The Last Girls) will certainly appreciate this absorbing book, as will those interested in the history of treating mental illness in the United States and fans of Southern or Appalachian fiction." --Library Journal "With Guests on Earth, Lee Smith shines new light on a shadowy, complex subject . . . She offers a broader historical perspective--and with it, a captivating, inimitable voice." --The Raleigh News and Observer "Treading the fine line between sanity and insanity, this historical novel imagines the 12 years proceeding the 1948 fire that engulfed a North Carolina mental hospital and killed F. Scott Fitzgerald's estranged wife, Zelda." --Ms. Magazine "Engaging . . . Touching." --Publishers Weekly "This is Lee Smith at her powerful best, writing the South she knows through the eyes of a woman who lived it." --Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife "In Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction." --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers, eoeThose who enjoyed Smithe(tm)s previous work (e.g., Fair and Tender Ladies; The Last Girls) will certainly appreciate this absorbing book, as will those interested in the history of treating mental illness in the United States and fans of Southern or Appalachian fiction.e e"Library Journal eoeSmith has created a compelling, disturbing but also uplifting narrative inspired by the 1948 fire that swept through Highland Hospital in Asheville, killing nine women, among them Zelda Fitzgerald.e e"The Herald Sun eoeTreading the fine line between sanity and insanity, this historical novel imagines the 12 years proceeding the 1948 fire that engulfed a North Carolina mental hospital and killed F. Scott Fitzgeralde(tm)s estranged wife, Zelda.e e"Ms. Magazine eoeWith this book, Smith will broaden her readership to draw in those fascinated by the Fitzgerald ethos while entertaining her perennial fans with the local lore and down home accents behind the scenes.e e"Foreword Reviews eoeEngaging . . . Touching.e e"Publishers Weekly eoePerennially best-selling Smith presents an impeccably researched historical novel that reveals the early twentieth centurye(tm)s antediluvian attitudes toward mental health and womene(tm)s independence.e e"Booklist eoeThis is Lee Smith at her powerful best, writing the South she knows through the eyes of a woman who lived it.e e"Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife eoeIn Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction.e e"Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers, "[An] elegant historical novel . . . Lee Smith is an assured and accomplished writer, and her use of Zelda as a subject in Guests on Earth is brilliant . . . This is a carefully researched, utterly charming novel. By the time you finish it, you fall in love with these fascinating lives, too." -- The Washington Post " Guests on Earth is a mesmerizing novel about a time and place where creativity and passion, theory and medicine, fact and fiction, are luminously intertwined." -- BookPage "Indeed, most of the high spirited, rebellious, outspoken women who populate Guests on Earth would not now be considered insane at all. Smith's imaginative, layered story illuminates the complexity of their collective plight--to be put in towers until they had no choice but to behave--and rescues them one by one." -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "[An] engaging and engrossing novel . . . Smith's well-developed characters, rich historical detail and easy prose create a novel that some may call her best yet, and which it just may be." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "Those who enjoyed Smith's previous work (e.g., Fair and Tender Ladies ; The Last Girls ) will certainly appreciate this absorbing book, as will those interested in the history of treating mental illness in the United States and fans of Southern or Appalachian fiction." -- Library Journal "With Guests on Earth , Lee Smith shines new light on a shadowy, complex subject . . . She offers a broader historical perspective--and with it, a captivating, inimitable voice." -- The Raleigh News and Observer "Treading the fine line between sanity and insanity, this historical novel imagines the 12 years proceeding the 1948 fire that engulfed a North Carolina mental hospital and killed F. Scott Fitzgerald's estranged wife, Zelda." -- Ms. Magazine "Engaging . . . Touching." -- Publishers Weekly "This is Lee Smith at her powerful best, writing the South she knows through the eyes of a woman who lived it." -- Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife "In Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction." --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers -- Review quotes, 'Smith has created a compelling, disturbing but also uplifting narrative inspired by the 1948 fire that swept through Highland Hospital in Asheville, killing nine women, among them Zelda Fitzgerald.''The Herald Sun 'Treading the fine line between sanity and insanity, this historical novel imagines the 12 years proceeding the 1948 fire that engulfed a North Carolina mental hospital and killed F. Scott Fitzgerald's estranged wife, Zelda.' 'Ms. Magazine 'With this book, Smith will broaden her readership to draw in those fascinated by the Fitzgerald ethos while entertaining her perennial fans with the local lore and down home accents behind the scenes.' 'Foreword Reviews 'Engaging . . . Touching.' 'Publishers Weekly 'Perennially best-selling Smith presents an impeccably researched historical novel that reveals the early twentieth century's antediluvian attitudes toward mental health and women's independence.' 'Booklist 'This is Lee Smith at her powerful best, writing the South she knows through the eyes of a woman who lived it.' 'Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife 'In Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction.' 'Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers, eoeSmith has created a compelling, disturbing but also uplifting narrative inspired by the 1948 fire that swept through Highland Hospital in Asheville, killing nine women, among them Zelda Fitzgerald.ee"The Herald Sun eoeTreading the fine line between sanity and insanity, this historical novel imagines the 12 years proceeding the 1948 fire that engulfed a North Carolina mental hospital and killed F. Scott Fitzgeralde(tm)s estranged wife, Zelda.e e"Ms. Magazine eoeWith this book, Smith will broaden her readership to draw in those fascinated by the Fitzgerald ethos while entertaining her perennial fans with the local lore and down home accents behind the scenes.e e"Foreword Reviews eoeEngaging . . . Touching.e e"Publishers Weekly eoePerennially best-selling Smith presents an impeccably researched historical novel that reveals the early twentieth centurye(tm)s antediluvian attitudes toward mental health and womene(tm)s independence.e e"Booklist eoeThis is Lee Smith at her powerful best, writing the South she knows through the eyes of a woman who lived it.e e"Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife eoeIn Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction.e e"Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers, "Treading the fine line between sanity and insanity, this historical novel imagines the 12 years proceeding the 1948 fire that engulfed a North Carolina mental hospital and killed F. Scott Fitzgerald's estranged wife, Zelda." --Ms. Magazine "With this book, Smith will broaden her readership to draw in those fascinated by the Fitzgerald ethos while entertaining her perennial fans with the local lore and down home accents behind the scenes." --Foreword Reviews "Engaging . . . Touching." --Publishers Weekly "Perennially best-selling Smith presents an impeccably researched historical novel that reveals the early twentieth century's antediluvian attitudes toward mental health and women's independence." --Booklist "This is Lee Smith at her powerful best, writing the South she knows through the eyes of a woman who lived it." --Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Daughter "In Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction." --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl and Dog Soldiers
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