“SetduringWorldWarOne,TheCoveisanovelthatspeaksintimatelytotoday’spolitics.Beautifullywritten,tough,raw,uncompromising,entirelynew.RonRashisawriter’swriterwhowritesforothers.“--ColumMcCann“RonRashisawriterofboththedarklybeautifulandthesadlytrue;TheCovesolidifieshisreputationasoneofourveryfinestnovelists.“--RichardRusso,PulitzerPrize-winningauthorofEmpireFallsHereisamagnificenttalethatcapturesthewondrousbeautyofnatureandlove--andthedarknessofsuperstitionandfear--fromoneofAmerica’smostexcitingcontemporarynovelists.WithTheCove,RonRash,authoroftheacclaimedNewYorkTimesbestsellerSerena,returnstotheAppalachianmilieuhehaspreviouslysomemorablyevoked.Atwo-timeO.HenryPrizewinnerforhisshortfiction--andrecipientofthe2010FrankO’ConnorInternationalStoryAwardandthe2010SIBABookAwardforhisstorycollectionBurningBright--RashcanexpectmorehonorsforTheCove,anovelthatbrilliantlyexploresoftendangerousnotionsofpatriotismduringwartime.ThisstoryofaloveaffairdoomedintherisingturmoilofWWIresonatespowerfullyintoday’sworld.
