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Home Made
First edition, 526 numbered copies of which this is one of the first 200, which are signed by the author and photographer. Short stories by Reynolds Price, frontispiece, and 15 black-and-white photos by Roger Manley. vi , 54 pages. cloth. 8vo..
54 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1990
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About the author
Reynolds Price
215 books122 followersReynolds Price was born in Macon, North Carolina in 1933. Educated at Duke University and, as a Rhodes Scholar, at Merton College, Oxford University. He taught at Duke since 1958 and was James B. Duke Professor of English.
His first short stories, and many later ones, are published in his Collected Stories. A Long and Happy Life was published in 1962 and won the William Faulkner Award for a best first novel. Kate Vaiden was published in 1986 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Good Priest's Son in 2005 was his fourteenth novel. Among his thirty-seven volumes are further collections of fiction, poetry, plays, essays, and translations. Price was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and his work has been translated into seventeen languages.
Photo courtesy of Reynolds Price's author page on Amazon.com
His first short stories, and many later ones, are published in his Collected Stories. A Long and Happy Life was published in 1962 and won the William Faulkner Award for a best first novel. Kate Vaiden was published in 1986 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Good Priest's Son in 2005 was his fourteenth novel. Among his thirty-seven volumes are further collections of fiction, poetry, plays, essays, and translations. Price was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and his work has been translated into seventeen languages.
Photo courtesy of Reynolds Price's author page on Amazon.com
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February 23, 2015
How has no one read or commented on this incredible little book by Reynolds Price? And how have I lived my entire life without picking up anything by this author? I found this book hidden in the stacks of the library - I was literally wandering the aisles looking for small books (<100 pages) that would qualify for a reading challenge, and I happened upon this gem. And good grief, can this guy write.
Home Made consists of 4 very short (2 - 3 page) stories and one longer story, "The Company of the Dead", that makes up almost half of the book. The stories are complemented by haunting black and white photographs by Roger Manley. I loved all of these, but I think my favorites were "Good Night" and "The Last News." As with most southern writers, Price focuses on the obscene, the sad, the obscure. "Good Night" is a beautiful narrative about a very old man named Dalt, a former slave, who looks forward to his beautiful young white neighbor Patsy's visits because he likes to rub her tired, swollen feet with Brame's Oil of Cloves. That's all, just to rub her feet and know that he is helping someone in his life to feel better:
This is simply writing at its finest. I don't know how easy it will be to get your hands on a copy of this, but if you find it in your path one day, I encourage you to give it a try.
Home Made consists of 4 very short (2 - 3 page) stories and one longer story, "The Company of the Dead", that makes up almost half of the book. The stories are complemented by haunting black and white photographs by Roger Manley. I loved all of these, but I think my favorites were "Good Night" and "The Last News." As with most southern writers, Price focuses on the obscene, the sad, the obscure. "Good Night" is a beautiful narrative about a very old man named Dalt, a former slave, who looks forward to his beautiful young white neighbor Patsy's visits because he likes to rub her tired, swollen feet with Brame's Oil of Cloves. That's all, just to rub her feet and know that he is helping someone in his life to feel better:
Some deed his mother told him about before Mr. Lincoln - how the Lord bent low to wash a man's feet in pure well-water, dried him gentle with a spotless rag and then got up and walked ahead to face his cross. Dalt watched that sight till a meaning dawned, You helping this child, you strengthening her. Now go your way and take your due.
This is simply writing at its finest. I don't know how easy it will be to get your hands on a copy of this, but if you find it in your path one day, I encourage you to give it a try.
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