Jayber Crow : A Novel
Berry, Wendell2001
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This is the story of a man's love for his community and his abiding and unrequited love for Mattie Chatham. Sent to an orphanage at the age of ten, Jayber grows up knowing of loneliness and want. With the flood of 1937 he returns to his native Port William to become the town's barber. Returning once again to the Port William membership, Berry has written his best novel yet, a book certain to confirm his reputation as one of America's finest novelists.. From the simple setting of his own barber shop, Jayber Crow, orphan, seminarian, and native of Port William, recalls his life and the life of his community as it spends itself in the middle of the twentieth century. Surrounded by his friends and neighbors, he is both participant and witness as the community attempts to transcend its own decline. And meanwhile Jayber learns the art of devotion and that a faithful love is its own reward.
Main title:
Jayber Crow : A Novel / Wendell Berry.
Author:
Berry, Wendell, author
Work:
Imprint:
Berkeley : Counterpoint Press, 2001.
Collation:
384 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781582431604
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
827077