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**The modern literary classic that has been compared to *To Kill a Mockingbird* and *Catcher in the Rye*. **"As close to flawless as any reader could ask for." *-The New York Times Book Review*The publication of Dorothy Allison's *Bastard Out of Carolina* was a landmark event. The novel's profound portrait of family dynamics in the rural South won the author a National Book Award nomination and launched her into the literary spotlight. Critics have likened Allison to William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, and Harper Lee, naming her the first writer of her generation to dramatize the lives and language of poor whites in the South. Since its appearance, the novel has inspired an award-winning film and has been banned from libraries and classrooms, championed by fans, and defended by critics.Greenville County, South Carolina, is a wild, lush place that is home to the Boatwright family-a tight-knit clan of rough-hewn, hard- drinking men who shoot up each other's trucks, and indomitable women who get married young and age too quickly. At the heart of this story is Ruth Anne Boatwright, known simply as Bone, a bastard child who observes the world around her with a mercilessly keen perspec

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Author

Дороти Эллисон

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9781101007174

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Political Science

Rating

4.5 / 5 (3,019 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14