Five Skies
by Carlson, Ron
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670038504
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038503
- Seller
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Sewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Beloved story writer Ron Carlson's first novel in thirty years, Five Skies is the story of three men gathered high in the Rocky Mountains for a construction project that is to last the summer. Having participated in a spectacular betrayal in Los Angeles, the giant, silent Arthur Key drifts into work as a carpenter in southern Idaho. Here he is hired, along with the shiftless and charming Ronnie Panelli, to build a stunt ramp beside a cavernous void. The two will be led by Darwin Gallegos, the foreman of the local ranch who is filled with a primeval rage at God, at man, at life. As they endeavor upon this simple, grand project, the three reveal themselves in cautiously resonant, profound ways. And in a voice of striking intimacy and grace, Carlson's novel reveals itself as a story of biblical, almost spiritual force. A bellwether return from one of our greatest craftsmen, Five Skies is sure to be one of the most praised and cherished novels of the year.
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- Bookseller
- The Dusty Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0005267
- Title
- Five Skies
- Author
- Carlson, Ron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. 244 pp.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670038504
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038503
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 244
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Fiction, Contemporary, Westerns, Nature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Westerns; Contemporary; Nature; Fiction;
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