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Five Skies

By Ron Carlson

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| Hardcover | 9780670038503

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Award-winning short story writer Ron Carlson delivers a stirring novel about three men confronting their pasts and their purpose

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 coContinue

Award-winning short story writer Ron Carlson delivers a stirring novel about three men confronting their pasts and their purpose

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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  • Figures in a Landscape

    Arthur Key, one of the characters at the center of Ron Carlson’s bluntly beautiful and unnerving novel, is a set builder for Hollywood films, a designer of three-sided barns, parts of fences and corners of houses, “sometimes just a frame with a tile ... (read full critics)

    nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

  • Bookreporter.com - FIVE SKIES by Ron Carlson

    Ron Carlson is one of our most celebrated short story writers and the director of UC Irvine's well-respected MFA program. Now, with FIVE SKIES, his first adult novel in more than 20 years, Carlson offers readers a polished, understated book that inco ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Sun, 29 Aug 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 256 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0670038504
  • ISBN-13: 9780670038503
  • Publisher: Viking Adult
  • Pub date: May 17, 2007
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