“Set during World War One,
The Cove
is a novel that speaks intimately to today’s politics. Beautifully written, tough, raw, uncompromising, entirely new. Ron Rash is a writer’s writer who writes for others.”—Colum McCann
“Ron Rash is a writer of both the darkly beautiful and the sadly true;
solidifies his reputation as one of our very finest novelists.”—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
Empire Falls
Here is a magnificent tale that captures the wondrous beauty of nature and love—and the darkness of superstition and fear—from one of America’s most exciting contemporary novelists. With
, Ron Rash, author of the acclaimed
New York Times
bestseller
Serena
, returns to the Appalachian milieu he has previously so memorably evoked. A two-time O. Henry Prize winner for his short fiction—and recipient of the 2010 Frank O’Connor International Story Award and the 2010 SIBA Book Award for his story collection
Burning Bright
—Rash can expect more honors for
, a novel that brilliantly explores often dangerous notions of patriotism during wartime. This story of a love affair doomed in the rising turmoil of WWI resonates powerfully in today’s world.