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James Scott The Kept (Paperback)
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- Condition
- Book Title
- Kept : a Novel
- Publication Name
- The Kept
- Title
- The Kept
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0062236652
- EAN
- 9780062236654
- ISBN
- 9780062236654
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Thrillers / Crime, Family Life, Literary, Westerns
- Release Year
- 2015
- Release Date
- 06/01/2015
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8in
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 10.3 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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"Dark and mysterious. . . . A novel whose daring is found in its bleakness. . . . The plot unfolds with a weighty languor reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy. . . sparse, elegant. . . haunting." -- New York Times Set in rural New York state at the turn of the twentieth century, superb new talent James Scott makes his literary debut with The Kept --a propulsive novel reminiscent of the works of Michael Ondaatje, Cormac McCarthy, and Bonnie Jo Campbell, in which a mother and her young son embark on a quest to avenge a terrible and violent tragedy that has shattered their secluded family. In the winter of 1897, a trio of killers descends upon an isolated farm in upstate New York. Midwife Elspeth Howell returns home to the carnage: her husband, and four of her children, murdered. Before she can discover her remaining son Caleb, alive and hiding in the kitchen pantry, another shot rings out over the snow-covered valley. Twelve-year-old Caleb must tend to his mother until she recovers enough for them to take to the frozen wilderness in search of the men responsible. A scorching portrait of a merciless world--of guilt and lost innocence, atonement and retribution, resilience and sacrifice, pregnant obsession and primal adolescence-- The Kept introduces an old-beyond-his-years protagonist as indelible and heartbreaking as Mattie Ross of True Grit or Jimmy Blevins of All the Pretty Horses , as well as a shape-shifting mother as enigmatic and mysterious as a character drawn by Russell Banks or Marilynne Robinson.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062236652
ISBN-13
9780062236654
eBay Product ID (ePID)
203368821
Product Key Features
Book Title
Kept : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Crime, Family Life, Literary, Westerns
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3619.C6654k47 2014
Reviews
Half beautiful, half disturbing, [James Scott's lyrical images] decorate The Kept like frescoes in a crumbling cathedral…Feels like the shell of a Cormac McCarthy novel filled with the intricate yearning and familial strife of a Lorca play…A gripping combination., The author has crafted a laudable, compelling, tightly woven tale with memorable characters. Scott writes with an eloquence that urges the reader to return to passages and reread them just to admire his superb skill. Highly recommended., With its vivid sense of time and place, lyrical writing, and complex questions of what constitutes a family, The Kept is an outstanding debut by a bright new voice in American fiction., "Scott is a master of mood... This landscape is more mythic than historic, and Scott''s characters are dark brush strokes of appetite and deceit. His central concern, as a storyteller, is the dynamic of consequence." -- New York Times Book Review "[A] bravura debut....It is a testament to the author''s artisan-like control that he is able to tease us with Elspeth''s crimes from the outset and yet keep the terrible measure of her dereliction at bay until the final clinch, as breathless as it is inevitable." -- Boston Globe "Graceful...unsettling...The Kept is a novel where most everyone harbors dark secrets and most characters are not who they appear to be." -- USA Today "Dark and mysterious... A novel whose daring is found in its bleakness... The plot unfolds with a weighty languor reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy... sparse, elegant... haunting." -- New York Times "Quite an impressive debut novel...James Scott''s descriptions of nature and his ability to reveal two complex, tormented people are what make the book live and even sing, albeit a mournful, heartbroken music." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "The Kept starts out as a straightforward revenge narrative, then slowly deepens into something much more mysterious and compelling. James Scott has written a riveting and memorable debut novel." -- Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers "With its vivid sense of time and place, lyrical writing, and complex questions of what constitutes a family, The Kept is an outstanding debut by a bright new voice in American fiction." -- Ron Rash, author of Nothing Gold Can Stay "The Kept is a deeply moving, disconcerting novel... Scott manages something quite difficult here, balancing both terror and tenderness with apparent ease. By the end of the book, you''ll be convinced that he can do just about anything." -- Kevin Wilson, author of The Family Fang "The Kept is a brutal and beautiful novel. Written with emotional ascendancy, these rock-ribbed characters illuminate loss, desire, and love. James Scott''s debut is a celebration of bracing action, evocative rendering of the past, and literary precision." -- Julianna Baggott, author of Girl Talk and Pure "The Kept is both a thrilling adventure and a literary triumph. Following the journey of a mother and son who lose everything, only to find each other, James Scott''s haunting tale will astonish and enchant you, the words echoing long after the final pages have turned." -- Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief "What a gripping story teller James Scott is and what a dark and lyrical novel he has written. The Kept is a thrilling debut" -- Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy "A work of historical fiction that is both atmospheric and memorable, suffused with dread and suspense right up to the last page." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Scott is both compassionate moralist and master storyteller in this outstanding debut." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "The author has crafted a laudable, compelling, tightly woven tale with memorable characters. Scott writes with an eloquence that urges the reader to return to passages and reread them just to admire his superb skill. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Scott''s first novel epitomizes what''s great in this renaissance [of literary Westerns]: economy of dialogue; unsparing realism; the giddiness and terror induced by the knowledge of liberty." -- Maclean''s "A vivid, violent, beautiful book...At turns tender and harsh, twisted and lyrical." -- Interview "Half beautiful, half disturbing, [James Scott''s lyrical images] decorate The Kept like frescoes in a crumbling cathedral...Feels like the shell of a Cormac McCarthy novel filled with the intricate yearning and familial strife of a Lorca play...A gripping combination." -- The Rumpus, Quite an impressive debut novel…James Scott's descriptions of nature and his ability to reveal two complex, tormented people are what make the book live and even sing, albeit a mournful, heartbroken music., Graceful...unsettling...The Kept is a novel where most everyone harbors dark secrets and most characters are not who they appear to be., What a gripping story teller James Scott is and what a dark and lyrical novel he has written. The Kept is a thrilling debut, [A] bravura debut....It is a testament to the author's artisan-like control that he is able to tease us with Elspeth's crimes from the outset and yet keep the terrible measure of her dereliction at bay until the final clinch, as breathless as it is inevitable., A work of historical fiction that is both atmospheric and memorable, suffused with dread and suspense right up to the last page., The Kept is a deeply moving, disconcerting novel… Scott manages something quite difficult here, balancing both terror and tenderness with apparent ease. By the end of the book, you'll be convinced that he can do just about anything., Scott is a master of mood... This landscape is more mythic than historic, and Scott's characters are dark brush strokes of appetite and deceit. His central concern, as a storyteller, is the dynamic of consequence., Scott is a master of mood… This landscape is more mythic than historic, and Scott's characters are dark brush strokes of appetite and deceit. His central concern, as a storyteller, is the dynamic of consequence., The Kept is a brutal and beautiful novel. Written with emotional ascendancy, these rock-ribbed characters illuminate loss, desire, and love. James Scott's debut is a celebration of bracing action, evocative rendering of the past, and literary precision., The Kept is both a thrilling adventure and a literary triumph. Following the journey of a mother and son who lose everything, only to find each other, James Scott's haunting tale will astonish and enchant you, the words echoing long after the final pages have turned., The Kept starts out as a straightforward revenge narrative, then slowly deepens into something much more mysterious and compelling. James Scott has written a riveting and memorable debut novel., The Kept is a deeply moving, disconcerting novel... Scott manages something quite difficult here, balancing both terror and tenderness with apparent ease. By the end of the book, you'll be convinced that he can do just about anything., Graceful…unsettling…The Kept is a novel where most everyone harbors dark secrets and most characters are not who they appear to be., Quite an impressive debut novel...James Scott's descriptions of nature and his ability to reveal two complex, tormented people are what make the book live and even sing, albeit a mournful, heartbroken music., Half beautiful, half disturbing, [James Scott's lyrical images] decorate The Kept like frescoes in a crumbling cathedral...Feels like the shell of a Cormac McCarthy novel filled with the intricate yearning and familial strife of a Lorca play...A gripping combination., Dark and mysterious... A novel whose daring is found in its bleakness... The plot unfolds with a weighty languor reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy... sparse, elegant... haunting., Scott's first novel epitomizes what's great in this renaissance [of literary Westerns]: economy of dialogue; unsparing realism; the giddiness and terror induced by the knowledge of liberty., Dark and mysterious… A novel whose daring is found in its bleakness… The plot unfolds with a weighty languor reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy… sparse, elegant… haunting.
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2013-027875
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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