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Harlan Singer, a harmonica-playing troubadour, shows up in the Thompson family's yard one morning. He steals their hearts with his music, and their ...Show synopsisHarlan Singer, a harmonica-playing troubadour, shows up in the Thompson family's yard one morning. He steals their hearts with his music, and their daughter with his charm. Soon he and his fourteen-year-old bride, Sharon, are on the road, two more hobos of the Great Depression, hitchhiking and hopping freights across the Great Plains in search of an old man and the settlement of Harlan's long-standing debt. In this moving, redemptive tale inspired by Oklahoma folk heroes, Rilla Askew continues her exploration of the American story. "Harpsong" is a novel of love and loss, of adventure and renewal, and of a wayfaring orphan's search for home--all set to the sounds of Harlan's harmonica.Hide synopsis
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Edition: Volume 1 in the Stories and Storytellers Series.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press,
Description:235 pages. Softcover. Brand new book. FICTION. A love story...235 pages. Softcover. Brand new book. FICTION. A love story about Dust Bowl heroes who didn't leave for California. Harlan Singer, a harmonica-playing troubadour, shows up in the Thompson family's yard one morning. He steals their hearts with his music, and their daughter with his charm. Soon he and his fourteen-year-old bride, Sharon, are on the road, two more hobos of the Great Depression, hitchhiking and hopping freights across the Great Plains in search of an old man and the settlement of Harlan's long-standing debt. Finding shelter in hobo jungles and Hoovervilles, the newlyweds careen across the 1930s landscape in a giant figure eight with Oklahoma in the middle. Sharon's growing doubts about her husband's quest set in motion events that turn Harlan Singer into a hero while blinding her to the dark secret of his journey. A love story infused with history and folk tradition, Harpsong shows what happened to the friends and neighbors Steinbeck's Joads left behind. In this moving, redemptive tale inspired by Oklahoma folk heroes, Rilla Askew continues her exploration of the American story. Harpsong is a novel of love and loss, of adventure and renewal, and of a wayfaring orphan's search for home&emdash; all set to the sounds of Harlan's harmonica. It shows us the strength and resilience of a people who, in the face of unending despair, maintain their faith in the land. Rilla Askew, born and raised in eastern Oklahoma, is the award-winning author of a collection of stories, Strange Business and two novels, The Mercy Seat (PEN/Faulkner nominee, Oklahoma Book Award, and Western Heritage Award), and Fire in Beulah (American Book Award and Myers Book Award). She teaches creative writing at the University of Oklahoma and lives in Oklahoma and New York. (Key Words: Rilla Askew, Fiction, Oklahoma, Dust Bowl, American West, Great Plains, Love Stories).
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Edition: Volume 1 in the Stories and Storytellers Series.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press,
Description:235 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. FICTION. A...235 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. FICTION. A love story about Dust Bowl heroes who didn't leave for California. Harlan Singer, a harmonica-playing troubadour, shows up in the Thompson family's yard one morning. He steals their hearts with his music, and their daughter with his charm. Soon he and his fourteen-year-old bride, Sharon, are on the road, two more hobos of the Great Depression, hitchhiking and hopping freights across the Great Plains in search of an old man and the settlement of Harlan's long-standing debt. Finding shelter in hobo jungles and Hoovervilles, the newlyweds careen across the 1930s landscape in a giant figure eight with Oklahoma in the middle. Sharon's growing doubts about her husband's quest set in motion events that turn Harlan Singer into a hero while blinding her to the dark secret of his journey. A love story infused with history and folk tradition, Harpsong shows what happened to the friends and neighbors Steinbeck's Joads left behind. In this moving, redemptive tale inspired by Oklahoma folk heroes, Rilla Askew continues her exploration of the American story. Harpsong is a novel of love and loss, of adventure and renewal, and of a wayfaring orphan's search for home&emdash; all set to the sounds of Harlan's harmonica. It shows us the strength and resilience of a people who, in the face of unending despair, maintain their faith in the land. Rilla Askew, born and raised in eastern Oklahoma, is the award-winning author of a collection of stories, Strange Business and two novels, The Mercy Seat (PEN/Faulkner nominee, Oklahoma Book Award, and Western Heritage Award), and Fire in Beulah (American Book Award and Myers Book Award). She teaches creative writing at the University of Oklahoma and lives in Oklahoma and New York. (Key Words: Rilla Askew, Fiction, Oklahoma, Dust Bowl, American West, Great Plains, Love Stories).
Harpsong, the third novel from Rilla Askew, is another lesson in storytelling. It is not quite the masterpiece The Mercy Seat (the debut novel from 1997) proved to be, but is still one of the best I've read from 2007. I recommend Rilla Askew to everyone I know and not one of them is any less thrilled ...
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