Jayne Anne Phillips, Author . Knopf $24 (272p) ISBN 978-0-375-40195-4
From Phillips (Motherkind
; Shelter
) comes a long-awaited and wonderful coming-of-age tale of grief and survival. The story straddles a parallel six-day period in July, one in 1959—during which 17-year-old Lark; her brother, Termite, who can&#
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Jayne Anne Phillips, Author Delta $11.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-385-31389-6
Phillips's second novel is a dark rite-of-passage story of children confronting violence in Appalachia. (Sept.)
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Jayne Anne Phillips, Author Dutton Books $15.95 (148p) ISBN 978-0-525-24515-5
The seven short stories collected here clearly demonstrate the evolution of this gifted author's style and subject matter. The dazzling play of language and reckless protagonists of such tales as ""How Mickey Made It'' and ``Bluegill'' show a young...
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Jayne Anne Phillips, Author Pocket Books $5.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-64014-9
These seven stories, which include two that use characters and situations from her novel Machine Dreams, demonstrate the evolution of the author's gifted style. PW was dazzled, stating that ""it seems as though there's nothing Phillips can't do.'' (F
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Jayne Anne Phillips, Author Alfred A. Knopf $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-375-40194-7
A meticulous writer, Phillips has produced only four books to date, including the novels Machine Dreams and Shelter, in which she explored the paradoxes of existence from the points of view of youthful characters. This deeply felt, profoundly...
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Jayne Anne Phillips, Author, Jayne Anne Philips, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $21.95 (279p) ISBN 978-0-395-48890-4
A meticulous writer of luminous prose whose books appear at too rare intervals, Phillips here limns a dark, richly imagined story of evil confronting innocence in an Edenic atmosphere. Set in the West Virginia Appalachians in 1963, the narrative...
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Jayne Anne Phillips. Knopf, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-0-451-49333-0
Exquisite attention to detail propels this superb meditation on broken families in post–Civil War West Virginia from Phillips (Lark and Termite). In 1874, 12-year-old ConaLee and her mute mother, Eliza, are delivered to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic...
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