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ISBN: 9781664410763
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ISBN: 9781664518599
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ISBN: 9781664667334
| Runtime: | 10.90 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Historical |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
An Amazon Top 100 Book of 2012
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Here is a book in the great tradition of the
novel: a vivid world that wraps and holds the reader, who can well lose himself
in its grandeur. The character is the beloved Abel Truman. The landscapes are
huge. Abel’s story is both simple and rich, the novel unforgettable.” —Annie Dillard
“Wilderness
is a masterful novel of incident and redemption, hugely entertaining, full of
pathos and humanity—frankly, it’s hard to believe that it’s a debut. Fans of
Charles Frazier and Cormac McCarthy alike will thrill at Weller’s luminous
prose and clear-eyed moral vision.” —Jonathan Evison, bestselling author of West of Here
“Tender and resonant, Weller’s debut is not an
epic saga of war, but a skillful exploration of the interconnectedness of
humanity and the endurance of compassion.” —Shelf Awareness
“Lance Weller’s magnificent Wilderness is a brilliant, singular achievement. Now and again
comes a novel that is so wholly its own that any comparison shrivels away.
Lance Weller has given us this not only in the tale, which is deeply compelling
and superbly page-turning, but, most importantly, in his book’s thoughtful and
illuminating exploration of who we are and how we got here. These people are
heartrendingly beautiful, fragile and resilient but also ugly, hateful and
hurtful. And Weller masterfully raises the stakes as he draws these webs of
humanity with prose constructed with compelling art and ease.” —Jeffrey Lent, author of In the Fall
“Lance Weller’s Wilderness is a remarkable novel. It reads like a dream of history,
and reads at a fever pitch. Its description of the carnage in the Battle of the
Wilderness is so vivid and unrelenting that readers will never forget it. Yet
at the novel’s heart is a gentle and diffident man who touches us with his
humanity and courage. This is a stunning first novel.” —John Vernon, author of Lucky Billy
“Rendered in powerful, richly detailed language
that is at once grim and deeply moving, Wilderness interweaves the
heartbreaking narratives of Civil War survivors—veterans, civilians, former
slaves—whose lives are wrecked by unthinkable violence yet sustained by the
tragic beauty still to be found in the world. Lance Weller writes with a quiet
urgency that brings an immediacy to the past in the damaged bodies and haunted
souls of his characters. A magnificent achievement!” —John Pipkin, author of Woodsburner
“This beautifully crafted tale of the
transformational period between the nation’s most horrific cataclysm and the
end of the century is peopled with characters fully formed and vivid, noble and
depraved, who will linger in the reader’s mind long after the last page has
been turned.” —Lynn Schooler, author of Walking Home and The Blue Bear
“Wilderness reawakens in us what we knew
while discovering for the first time the work of the great writers—what it
means to fall into the lives of characters riveting in their complexity, and to
be so utterly transported into a tale and compelled through its pages. Set
in the war-torn South and the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, this is the story
of a country torn in two and of the hard healing afterward, of Abel Truman, a
simple soldier, who journeys through the savagery of war and lawless men to a
place of redemption. An exquisite telling, Lance Weller’s language evokes the
moments that otherwise render us mute. This book is a knockout.” —Claire Davis, author of Winter Range
“Weller has crafted a novel of stories within
stories, all interwoven in prose so exquisite and descriptive that you will
want to read Wilderness more than one time, and all in one sitting to
capture this novel in its salvific beauty. Put aside your day, open up Wilderness
and take a dive into this fabulous work of fiction.” —Annie Philbrook, Bank Square Books
“[An] elegiac story…Weller describes Northwest
scenery with masterful detail.” —Seattle Times
“Riveting…Comparisons to Charles Frazier’s 1997 Cold Mountain are inevitable, but this
may be the better book.” —Jackson (MS) Free Press
Author
Author Bio: Lance Weller
Lance Weller has published short fiction in several literary journals. He won Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A Washington native, he has hiked and camped extensively in the landscape he describes. He lives in Gig Harbor, Washington, with his wife and several dogs.
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| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Historical |
| Runtime: | 10.90 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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