The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth: And Other Stories from Cliffside, North Carolina
By Ron Rash
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The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth was originally released in 1994 and was the first published book from acclaimed writer Ron Rash. This twentieth anniversary edition takes us back to where it all began with ten linked short stories, framed like a novel, introducing us to a trio of memorable narrators—Tracy, Randy, and Vincent—making their way against the hardscrabble backdrop of the North Carolina foothills. With a comedic touch that may surprise readers familiar only with Rash's later, darker fiction, these earnest tales reveal the hard lessons of good whiskey, bad marriages, weak foundations, familial legacies, questionable religious observances, and the dubious merits of possum breeding, as well as the hard-won reconciliations with self, others, and home that can only be garnered in good time. The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth shows us the promising beginnings of a master storyteller honing his craft and contributing from the start to the fine traditions of southern fiction and lore. This Southern Revivals edition includes a new introduction from the author and a contextualizing preface from series editor Robert H. Brinkmeyer, director of the University of South Carolina Institute for Southern Studies.
Ron Rash
Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall, in addition to four prizewinning novels, including The Cove, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight; four collections of poems; and six collections of stories, among them Burning Bright, which won the 2010 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, and Chemistry and Other Stories, which was a finalist for the 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award. Twice the recipient of the O. Henry Prize, he teaches at Western Carolina University.
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Reviews for The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It's been years since I read anything by Ron Rash, and I don't believe I've read any short stories by him. I enjoyed this book. It was, to me, low key, "comfortable", and well written. The stories are interconnected, so you get instances of different views of the same situations from different characters. Some humorous, some sad, some "everyday". Overall a pleasant read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great collection of Southern short stories. All set in the fictional town of Cliffside North Carolina. I've read a couple of Ron Rash novels in the past, but I think I enjoyed the short stories more. I look forward to reading some more in the future.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5from three different voices, Ron Rash, flows through this group of short stories that not only have a punch, but with a smile and chuckle