Carolyn Chute, Author . Atlantic Monthly $24 (384p) ISBN 978-0-87113-987-0
Chute, author of the acclaimed The Beans of Egypt, Maine
, returns to Egypt with an emotional but uneven novel portraying the St. Onge Settlement, a rural co-op community led by the mythic, flawed, Gordon St. Onge, hero of the downtrodden who people
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Carolyn Chute, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $24.95 (695p) ISBN 978-0-15-159270-8
Chute's writing is wayward, her style turbulent, lyrical, fragmented. Yet, through the unleashed whirlwind scenes of her third novel (unlike the terse control of The Beans of Egypt, Maine ) throbs the raw genius of her voice. Continuing her saga of...
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Carolyn Chute, Author Harper Perennial $7.95 (244p) ISBN 978-0-06-097225-7
The impoverished citizenry of Miracle City, Maine, rely on Big Lucien Letourneau, the proprietor of an auto salvage junkyard, for jobs and assistance of all kinds. Chute's ``compassion for people condemned to dead-end lives infuses this powerful...
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Carolyn Chute, Author Ticknor & Fields $16.45 (244p) ISBN 978-0-89919-500-1
Any doubts that Chute could not follow her remarkable debut novel The Beans of Egypt, Maine with another winner will be vanquished by this assured, complex and memorable tale, told in bold, forceful prose. We are back in Egypt and in the adjacent,...
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Carolyn Chute, Author Mariner Books $17 (712p) ISBN 978-0-15-600191-5
In her third novel, Chute unfolds the further exploits of the country folk of Egypt, Maine. (Mar.)
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