Shelter

Jayne Anne Phillips

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Night Watch comes a novel set in a West Virginia forest in 1963, where a group of children at summer camp enter a foreboding Eden and experience an unexpected rite of passage.

"A rich, vivid novel of moral and psychological complexity destined to stand alongside works by Faulkner and other masters of Southern literature." --Vanity Fair

Shelter is an astonishing portrayal of an American loss of innocence as witnessed by a mysterious drifter named Parson, two young sisters, Lenny and Alma, and a feral boy called Buddy. Together they come to understand bravery and the importance of compassion.

Phillips unearths a dangerous beauty in this primeval terrain and in the hearts of her characters. Lies, secrets, erotic initiations, and the bonds of love between friends, families, and generations are transformed in a leafy wilderness undiminished by societal rules and dilemmas. Cast in Phillips' stunning prose, with an unpredictable cast of characters and a shadowy, suspenseful narrative, Shelter is a an enduring achievement from one of the finest writers of our time.

Book Details

Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: Dec 3rd, 2002
Pages: 336
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.13in - 5.21in - 0.73in - 0.78lb
EAN: 9780375727399
Categories: • Coming of Age• Literary

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About the Author

JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS is the author of Black Tickets, Machine Dreams, Fast Lanes, Shelter, MotherKind, Lark and Termite, Quiet Dell, and Night Watch. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Bunting Fellowship, and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. Winner of an Arts and Letters Award and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she was inducted into the Academy in 2018. A National Book Award finalist, and twice a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, she lives in New York and Boston.

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Praise for this book

"Astonishing.... Phillips has gone into the garden and headed straight for the serpent's throat." --The Boston Globe

"Mesmerizing.... The physical world is so thoroughly and beautifully evoked that within pages we're completely drawn in." --The Washington Post

"Written in prose that is often breathtakingly beautiful, Shelter is a rich, vivid novel of moral and psychological complexity destined to stand alongside works by Faulkner and other masters of Southern literature." --Vanity Fair

"This defiant, frighteningly beautiful novel is as disturbing as its setting. Built to last, Shelter feels like Phillips' bid for immortality." --Harper's Bazaar