Dog on the Cross: Stories
by Aaron Gwyn
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Author: Aaron GwynEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-01-03
ISBN: 156512412X
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Algonquin Books
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Book Review: Haunting and Lovely
Summary: 5 Stars
The title story--about a dog nailed to a cross outside a church, presumably to discourage its members--is one of the most haunting and graceful stories I've read in years. But what I like most about this collection is how the author depicts the Southern Pentecostal experience, without irony or prejudice, to produce a deeply engrossing collection of stories in which sum of its parts is somehow more than the individual pieces.Gwyn is one of the true descendents of Flannery O'Connor, with a little Larry Brown and Eudora Welty thrown into the mix. If you ever read with awe one of Flannery O'Connor's stories--such as "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" or "Good Country People"--you will not be disappointed in the least with Dog on the Cross.
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