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Cloudsplitter is a 1998 historical novel by Russell Banks relating the story of abolitionist John Brown. [1]The novel is narrated as a retrospective by John Brown's son, Owen Brown, from his hermitage in the San Gabriel Mountains of California.
Russell Earl Banks (March 28, 1940 – January 8, 2023) was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". [ 1 ]
Russell Banks, who died Sunday at 82, circled similar themes across his many novels. For new readers and fans alike, here are the five most essential. 5 essential Russell Banks novels you should read
He is the narrator, an old man living in California in 1909 (50 years later), in Russell Banks' novel about John Brown, Cloudsplitter. In this novel he accompanies his father on his trip to England of 1848, and a pregnant unmarried woman, who commits suicide by jumping overboard, is the mysterious lady he loved. This is fiction.
Russell Banks, who has died at age 82, carried on the legacy of great American novelists probing big themes through the small lives of heroic underdogs. Appreciation: Russell Banks was a giant ...
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Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks (abolitionist John Brown, pre-Civil War) The Emigrants series by Vilhelm Moberg (Swedish emigrants in Minnesota, 1850s) The Known World by Edward P. Jones (antebellum Virginia) The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor (mid-19th century Western wagon train) Lincoln by Gore Vidal
Russell Banks' 'The Magic Kingdom' finds a man explaining why he sold his land to Disney and why Florida is 'a catch basin for the world's detritus.' Review: In Russell Banks' new novel, Florida ...