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The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks Audiobook
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""At his shattering best. . . Banks offers answers that are tough, honest, and inevitable without being simple. . . . A book that is not to be missed."" —New York Times
With The Angel on the Roof, acclaimed author Russell Banks offers readers an astonishing collection of thirty years of his short fiction, revised especially for this volume and highlighted by the inclusion of nine new stories that are among the finest he has ever written.
As is characteristic of all of Bank's works, these stories resonate with irony and compassion, honesty and insight, extending into the vast territory of the heart and the world, from working-class New England to Florida and the Caribbean and Africa. Broad in scope and rich in imagination, The Angel on the Roof affirms Russell Banks's place as one of the masters of American storytelling.
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“At hisshattering best…Mr. Banks offers answers that are tough, honest andinevitable without being simple…[A] beautifully lucid, frequently wrenchingcollection…What elevates these stories far above their tacitlyheartbreaking events are the vast reserves of compassion and wisdom that Mr.Banks brings to framing tragedy.”
— New York Times
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“For all its harshness, The Angel on the Roof is studded with surprising, hard-won acts of tenderness and decency, which feel more like operations of earthly grace than projections of authorial sentiment. Banks acknowledges that the world is a cold place and redeems it with the warmth of his affection.”
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“Russell Banks is a fearless author. He tackles themes and situations that other writers would not touch…His stories are devoid of pathos and display a level of intelligence and sensitivity rarely encountered in fiction.”
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“Ranging over nearly forty years of writing, The Angel on the Roof is an invaluable guide to this author’s obsessions, strengths, and weaknesses…It’s no mean measure of this artist’s artistry and humanity that he can see in his failed, foolish adults the helpless and frightened children they surely once were.”
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“Banks’ stories, openly embracing perplexity and edging toward wisdom, deliver us from banality.”
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“The stories resonate and illuminate each other, the dialogue is pitch-perfect, and the collection has the cohesiveness of a 500-page novel. Banks’ prose has the stark grace of classical tragedy. He’s a poet after all.”
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“Banks is a compassionate writer, illuminating even the most despicable characters with flashes of sorrowful understanding.”
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“These stories perch on the rim of memory, that shadowy realm that makes Banks’ novels so powerful…We are blessed by his prodigious talent and insight.”
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“More than anything else, Banks writes about what it means to be human, to love, to long, and, above all, to hurt.”
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“[A] magnificent collection...The stories strike home swiftly and surely, reminding a reader again and again of the amplitude of the form in the hands of a master.”
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“This is a master writer at his best.”
— Library Journal
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A 2000 New York Times Notable Book for Fiction
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Winner of the 2001 Ambassador Book Award for Fiction
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About Russell Banks
Russell Banks (1940-2023), twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, was one of America’s most prestigious fiction writers. Two of his novels, The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction, have been made into award-winning films. He was a member of the International Parliament of Writers and former New York State Author and was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996. He was a past president of the International Parliament of Writers. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common Wealth Award for Literature.
About Robert Fass
Robert Fass is a veteran actor and twice winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He has earned multiple Earphones Awards and been named in AudioFile magazine’s list of the year’s best narrations for six years.