Neverhome tells the harrowing story of Ash Thompson during the battle for the South. Through bloodshed and hysteria and heartbreak, she becomes a hero, a folk legend, a madwoman and a traitor to the American cause. Laird Hunt's dazzling novel throws a light on the adventurous women who chose to fight instead of stay behind.4/4(). Laird Hunt is an American writer, translator and academic. Hunt grew up in Singapore, San Francisco, The Hague, and London before moving to his grandmother's farm in rural Indiana, where he attended Clinton Central High School/5. Discuss the squirrel-hunting, the battle midway through the novel with the Colonel's kinsman, and the visit in the psychiatric hospital, in particular. How does Neverhome change your understanding of the Civil War? Discuss the various transformations of Ash's personality over the course of the novel. As represented in Neverhome, what is the.
Laird Hunt (born April 3, ) is an American writer, translator and academic. Life. Hunt grew up in Singapore, San Francisco, The Hague, and London In it was announced that Irish director Lenny Abrahamson would film an adaptation of Hunt's Civil War novel Neverhome. Works. Neverhome by Laird Hunt review - 'a brilliant and breathtaking blaze of a novel' The American civil war is seen through the eyes of a female soldier in this upside-down Odyssey. Laird Hunt's new novel is a beguiling and evocative story about love and loss, duty and deceit. Through the assured voice of his narrator and the subtle beauty of his writing, Neverhome took me on a journey so thoroughly engrossed that there were times the pages seemed to turn themselves. Paul Auster, author of The New York Trilogy and Report from the Interior.
The heroine of “Neverhome,” Laird Hunt’s enthralling new novel set during the Civil War, is at once sentimental and aloof, a savior and a killer, a folk hero who shuns her own legend, a. Discuss the squirrel-hunting, the battle midway through the novel with the Colonel's kinsman, and the visit in the psychiatric hospital, in particular. How does Neverhome change your understanding of the Civil War? Discuss the various transformations of Ash's personality over the course of the novel. As represented in Neverhome, what is the. Neverhome tells the harrowing story of Ash Thompson during the battle for the South. Through bloodshed and hysteria and heartbreak, she becomes a hero, a folk legend, a madwoman and a traitor to the American cause. Laird Hunt's dazzling new novel throws a light on the adventurous women who chose to fight instead of stay behind.
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