William Gay Libros

William Gay established himself as "the big new name to include in the storied annals of Southern Lit" (Esquire) with his debut novel, The Long Home, and his highly acclaimed follow-up, Provinces of Night. Like Faulkner's Mississippi and Cormac McCarthy's American West, Gay's Tennessee is redolent of broken souls. Mining that same fertile soil, his debut collection, I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down, brings together thirteen stories charting the pathos of interior lives. Among the colorful people readers meet are: old man Meecham, who escapes from his nursing home only to find his son has rented their homestead to "white trash"; Quincy Nell Qualls, who not only falls in love with the town lothario but, pregnant, faces an inescapable end when he abandons her; Finis and Doneita Beasley, whose forty-year marriage is broken up by a dead dog; and Bobby Pettijohn -- awakened in the night by a search party after a body is discovered in his back woods. William Gay expertly sets these conflicted characters against lush backcountry scenery and defies our moral logic as we grow to love them for the weight of their human errors.

From a celebrated master of the Southern Gothic comes a last collection of hard-hitting short fiction, his final posthumous work Beloved for his novels Twilight, The Long Home, and The Lost Country and his groundbreaking collection I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down, William Gay returns with one final posthumous collection of short stories, adapted from the archive found after his death in February 2012. In addition to previously unpublished short stories, Stories from the Attic includes fragments from two of the unpublished novels that were works in progress at the time of his death. Marked by his signature skill and bare-knuckled insight, this collection is a must-read for William Gay devotees and fans of Southern short fiction.

Celebrated for his contributions to Southern Gothic literature, this collection showcases William Gay's final works, featuring hard-hitting short stories and fragments from two unfinished novels discovered after his passing in 2012. Known for his novels like Twilight and The Long Home, Gay's signature style and keen insights are evident throughout, making this posthumous anthology essential for both longtime fans and newcomers to Southern short fiction.

Fiction. In his last posthumous novel, William Gay has offered admirable homage to Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Marion Yates, a teenage orphan, is taken in by an ex-schoolteacher named Black Crowe. The boy in turn cares for Crowe when he is temporarily disabled by a dynamite blast. Every hardscrabble thing we have come to expect from Gay lies in this novel, including an offbeat and dark humor.

Exploring the intersection of love and mortality, the narrative delves into a character's quest for a connection that transcends death, revealing the complexities of human emotions in the face of the unknown. The journey is marked by a blend of passion and darkness, highlighting the sometimes morbid outcomes of such deep-seated desires.

Nathan Winer is unknowingly working for a man who killed his father and has designs on his lover, and who brings with him a satanic force to the deep South. schovat popis

Suspecting that something is amiss with their father's burial, teenager Kenneth Tyler and his sister Corrie venture to his gravesite and make a horrific discovery: their father, a whiskey bootlegger, was not actually buried in the casket they bought for him. Worse, they learn that the undertaker, Fenton Breece, has been grotesquely manipulating the dead.Armed with incriminating photographs, Tyler becomes obsessed with bringing the perverse undertaker to justice. But first he must outrun Granville Sutter, a local strongman and convicted murderer hired by Fenton to destroy the evidence. What follows is an adventure through the Harrikin, an eerie backwoods filled with tangled roads, rusted machinery, and eccentric squatters-old men, witches, and families among them-who both shield and imperil Tyler as he runs for safety. With his poetic, haunting prose, William Gay rewrites the rules of the gothic fairytale while exploring the classic Southern themes of good and evil.

Set in the Southern Gothic tradition, this long-awaited novel from William Gay captures the essence of his unique storytelling style. Fans can finally delve into a narrative that reflects his mastery of atmosphere and character development, showcasing the themes and intricacies that define his work. With a decade of anticipation behind it, this lost novel promises to resonate with both devoted readers and newcomers alike, inviting them into a richly crafted world.

Stoneburner ist eine hard-boiled Detektivgeschichte, wie sie nur William Gay schreiben konnte. Sie spielt in der Mitte der 1970er Jahre und erzählt die Geschichte des abgestumpften Privatdetektivs Stoneburner, Thibodeaux, einem Redneck Vietnam-Veteranen, Cathy Meecham, einer schönen jungen Blondine und Cap Holder, einem Ex-Sheriff. Stoneburner hat sein Büro in Memphis aufgegeben, um am Ufer des Tennessee River zu leben. Dort lernt er den pensionierten Sheriff Cap Holder kennen, der ein kleines Vermögen gemacht hat, nachdem Hollywood einen Film produzierte, der auf seinen Heldentaten als Sheriff basiert. Holder hat mit den Drogendealern in seiner ländlichen Gegend aufgeräumt. Holder beauftragt Stoneburne nun, seine junge Freundin und einen Koffer mit Drogengeldern wieder zu beschaffen, nachdem Cathy und der Koffer gleichzeitig verschwunden sind. Die Nachforschungen bringen Stoneburner in Kontakt mit Thibodeaux, den er aus seiner Jugendzeit kennt. Thibodeaux ist heute ein unberechenbarer Trinker. Verfangen in ihrer Vergangenheit, kollidieren die miteinander verschlungenen Wege und Motive von Storneburner, Holder, Thibodeaux und Cathy schlussendlich in einer rasenden Verfolgungsjagd quer durch Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama und Akansas.

An den Hügeln am Tennessee River: ist der junge Fleming Bloodworth ist ganz auf sich gestellt. Sein Vater hat ihn verlassen, die anderen Verwandten sind Loser und Sonderlinge in einem gottverlassenen Flecken Erde. Aber Fleming spürt, dass der langsame Rhythmus des Lebens im Alten Süden nicht seine ganze Zukunft bestimmen wird. Und dann lernt er am Fluss ein fremdes Mädchen kennen, Raven Lee. 'Voller Spannung und doch sehr poetisch, ein Hochgesang auf den Süden.' DeutschlandRadio 'Ein Roman wie ein guter Bourbon: kräftig, rauh und etwas ungestüm.' Net Business