Pop: An Illustrated Novel
Autor Robert Gipeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 feb 2021
A coming-of-age story of hope, betrayal, and familial legacy set in rural Appalachia. Set in the run-up and aftermath of the 2016 election, Pop brings the Canard County trilogy to a close as Dawn, the young narrator of Gipe’s first novel, Trampoline, is now the mother of the seventeen-year-old Nicolette. Whereas Dawn has become increasingly agoraphobic as the internet persuades her the world is descending into chaos, Nicolette narrates an Appalachia where young people start businesses rooted in local food culture and work to build community. But Nicolette’s precocious rise in the regional culinary scene is interrupted when her policeman cousin violently assaults her, setting in motion a chain of events that threaten to destroy the family—and Canard County in the process. In the tradition of Gipe’s first two novels, Pop’s Appalachia is full of clear-eyed, caring, creative, and complicated people struggling to hang on to what is best about their world and reject what is not. Their adventures reflect an Appalachia that is overrun by outside commentators looking for stories to tell about the region—sometimes positive, sometimes negative, but almost always oversimplified.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780821424391
ISBN-10: 0821424394
Pagini: 346
Ilustrații: 164
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Ohio University Press
Colecția Ohio University Press
ISBN-10: 0821424394
Pagini: 346
Ilustrații: 164
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Ohio University Press
Colecția Ohio University Press
Recenzii
“A headlong tumble into a proud and problem-plagued Appalachia, this addictive illustrated novel by Gipe (third in a series after Weedeater) is a delightful gabfest.… Comedy and tragedy make way for unexpected uplift in this richly detailed story of people determined not to be forgotten.”—Publishers Weekly
“Robert Gipe has blown the lid off his already zany writing style with Pop, the conclusion to his Canard County Kentucky trilogy. It’s a celebration of diverse Appalachia, told from three perspectives…. As with the rest of the trilogy, the illustrations are hilarious, and pure genius. As a defense of the people and the region, I want to stand up and applaud Pop for its creativity and take up the phrase ‘nothing about us without us’ directed at the wider culture, and Hollywood in particular, as a mantra.”—Jill Minor, Washington County (VA) Public Library
“Nobody has captured contemporary Eastern Kentucky life as authentically as Robert Gipe. And nobody in Appalachian fiction has come up with a literary innovation as refreshing and enticing as his illustrated novels that feature his own rough caricatures to illustrate his well-chosen words.”—Appalachian Mountain Books, April 4, 2021
“Pop is sad, stupid funny, and savagely honest. Gipe’s prose rushes by in a whirl of strangeness, of characters and dialogue, jokes and heartbreaks, ghosts and wildfires, sinkholes and giants telling Jack Tales, plus a couple of movie stars. It leaves the reader with a feeling that it’s time to ‘set out’—whether that means taking on a corporate polluter, starting a new artisanal pop business, or just telling your own story in your own words to someone who will listen.”—Graham Marema, Daily Yonder
“Robert Gipe is Appalachia’s Willy Wonka. Pop is your golden ticket. It will crack your smile, break your heart, and rouse your soul all in the space of a page.”—Wesley Browne, author of Hillbilly Hustle
Notă biografică
Robert Gipe lives and works in Harlan County, Kentucky. Pop is his third Ohio University Press novel. His first, Trampoline, won the 2016 Weatherford Award for Appalachian novel of the year. His second novel, Weedeater, was a Weatherford finalist. For the past thirty years he has worked in arts-based organizing and is the founding coproducer of the Higher Ground community performance series. He has contributed to numerous journals and anthologies, is a playwright, and is currently a script consultant on a forthcoming television show based on Beth Macy’s Dopesick. Author photo by Amelia Kirby.
Cuprins
Prologue
Section 1
Greasy Gray Cloud
1. Little Colbert Messes with Me 9
2. Nicolette Passes Through 13
3. I Run Off Little Colbert 17
4. I Go to the Store for Momma 19
5. I Call Hubert 22
6. Nicolette Sleeps Over 25
7. A Giant Scares Me 27
8. Sam Haney Bites the Hand 29
9. Tildy Packs a Knife 33
10. Me and Pinky Talk Pop 37
11. Willett Gets the Message 40
12. Lonzo Park Gives Me an Earful 42
13. Marla Butcher Shows Her Behind 45
14. Visitors Are No Comfort 48
15. We Drink to Remember 52
16. I Learn How to Make a Witch 61
17. I Raise Hell with June 68
18. We Find Us a Movie Star 78
19. Marla Butcher Takes a Shine to Me 80
20. Me and Dot Confront the Void 99
21. There Is a Ruckus at the Piccadilly 104
Section 2
World Pop Domination
22. Momma Takes No Comfort in My Cooking 117
23. Louisa Throws Open My Used-to-Be Box 120
24. Spring Warms My Dry Cod Heart 125
25. We Birth Feral Girl 129
26. Dot Breaks Her Ankle 133
27. We Get Seen 136
28. Yellow Dog Wags Our Tail 139
29. Things Get Fuzzy 145
30. Big Chomp Goes South 147
31. Me and Momma Are Up and Down 151
32. Dot’s Last Stand 162
Section 3
The Sugar Pill
33. The Sugar Pill Comes to Canard 173
34. The Skillet Gets Good and Hot 179
35. I Try the Penthouse Life 185
36. I Kill Little Colbert 190
37. My Eye Is a Pawpaw 193
38. My Daughter Fights Me 194
39. We Turn Cavedweller 196
40. I Meet New Triggermen 202
Section 4
Plastic Dropcloth Visions
41. I Relapse 217
42. Lola Dart Shows Up 221
43. Me and Marla Could Be Outlaws 225
44. I Undo 232
45. We Build Firebreaks 234
46. Dad Asks the Wrong Questions 237
47. Hubert Comes in Hot 239
48. I Have Regrets 242
49. Feral Girls Ride Again 252
50. Ten Times Zero 256
51. I Turn to the Fiery Sinkhole 260
52. I Turn Ninjy Bird 265
53. Tildy Sets Us Straight 276
Section 5
Stack Cake
54. I Count My Chickens 285
55. I Run Off from Yellow Dog 290
56. I Abandon Paradise 295
57. I Turn Meemaw 310
58. I See Fire and I See Cake 312
59. The Setting Out 320
Acknowledgments 333
Section 1
Greasy Gray Cloud
1. Little Colbert Messes with Me 9
2. Nicolette Passes Through 13
3. I Run Off Little Colbert 17
4. I Go to the Store for Momma 19
5. I Call Hubert 22
6. Nicolette Sleeps Over 25
7. A Giant Scares Me 27
8. Sam Haney Bites the Hand 29
9. Tildy Packs a Knife 33
10. Me and Pinky Talk Pop 37
11. Willett Gets the Message 40
12. Lonzo Park Gives Me an Earful 42
13. Marla Butcher Shows Her Behind 45
14. Visitors Are No Comfort 48
15. We Drink to Remember 52
16. I Learn How to Make a Witch 61
17. I Raise Hell with June 68
18. We Find Us a Movie Star 78
19. Marla Butcher Takes a Shine to Me 80
20. Me and Dot Confront the Void 99
21. There Is a Ruckus at the Piccadilly 104
Section 2
World Pop Domination
22. Momma Takes No Comfort in My Cooking 117
23. Louisa Throws Open My Used-to-Be Box 120
24. Spring Warms My Dry Cod Heart 125
25. We Birth Feral Girl 129
26. Dot Breaks Her Ankle 133
27. We Get Seen 136
28. Yellow Dog Wags Our Tail 139
29. Things Get Fuzzy 145
30. Big Chomp Goes South 147
31. Me and Momma Are Up and Down 151
32. Dot’s Last Stand 162
Section 3
The Sugar Pill
33. The Sugar Pill Comes to Canard 173
34. The Skillet Gets Good and Hot 179
35. I Try the Penthouse Life 185
36. I Kill Little Colbert 190
37. My Eye Is a Pawpaw 193
38. My Daughter Fights Me 194
39. We Turn Cavedweller 196
40. I Meet New Triggermen 202
Section 4
Plastic Dropcloth Visions
41. I Relapse 217
42. Lola Dart Shows Up 221
43. Me and Marla Could Be Outlaws 225
44. I Undo 232
45. We Build Firebreaks 234
46. Dad Asks the Wrong Questions 237
47. Hubert Comes in Hot 239
48. I Have Regrets 242
49. Feral Girls Ride Again 252
50. Ten Times Zero 256
51. I Turn to the Fiery Sinkhole 260
52. I Turn Ninjy Bird 265
53. Tildy Sets Us Straight 276
Section 5
Stack Cake
54. I Count My Chickens 285
55. I Run Off from Yellow Dog 290
56. I Abandon Paradise 295
57. I Turn Meemaw 310
58. I See Fire and I See Cake 312
59. The Setting Out 320
Acknowledgments 333
Descriere
The third and final novel in Robert Gipe’s renowned Canard County series, Pop follows three generations of a family as they reckon with the changing landscape of Appalachia during the Trump era.