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Hello, Crow (review)

Hello, Crow (review) George Ella Lyon Appalachian Heritage, Volume 21, Number 2, Spring 1993, pp. 71-72 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1993.0059 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/436510/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:00 GMT from JHU Libraries plot development, Offutt creates realistic and supernatural characters side by side. "Aunt Granny Lidi" concerns a man, Casey, who has unwittingly pledged himself in marriage to a mysterious granny woman. His wife Beth convinces him to spend a night with Lith in the woods so she will stop threatening them. Years later Beth reflects on the result of this tryst: "She lay in bed, wishing the long night all those years ago had been this easy. It had broken a part of Casey and graveled him up pretty bad. She didn't think about it often but when she did, she knew that what they'd done was right. Their four girls were proof enough, grown now, and gone." In this story it seems that some strange, supernatural force is to blame for the family's suffering and Casey's drinking. The best stories of the collection are understated and visually stunning. With a few brushstrokes, the author evokes a world: http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Hello, Crow (review)

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Appalachian Review , Volume 21 (2) – Jan 8, 2014
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George Ella Lyon Appalachian Heritage, Volume 21, Number 2, Spring 1993, pp. 71-72 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1993.0059 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/436510/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:00 GMT from JHU Libraries plot development, Offutt creates realistic and supernatural characters side by side. "Aunt Granny Lidi" concerns a man, Casey, who has unwittingly pledged himself in marriage to a mysterious granny woman. His wife Beth convinces him to spend a night with Lith in the woods so she will stop threatening them. Years later Beth reflects on the result of this tryst: "She lay in bed, wishing the long night all those years ago had been this easy. It had broken a part of Casey and graveled him up pretty bad. She didn't think about it often but when she did, she knew that what they'd done was right. Their four girls were proof enough, grown now, and gone." In this story it seems that some strange, supernatural force is to blame for the family's suffering and Casey's drinking. The best stories of the collection are understated and visually stunning. With a few brushstrokes, the author evokes a world:

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