{"product_id":"9781937226343","title":"Pale Harvest","description":"Jack Selvedge works a dying trade in a dead town. When Rebekah Rainsford returns on the run from her father, her dark history consumes him, and she becomes the potential for his salvation, the only thing that might dredge him up from his crisis of indifference. As betrayal and tragedy change Jack's life forever, he discovers a new if nascent hope amid the harshly beautiful western landscape that shaped him. A deeply written and deeply felt story of love, depravity, and shattered ideals, \u003ci\u003ePale Harvest \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the loss of beauty, purity, and simplicity within the mindset of the rural American West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A]n unforgettable literary blast….Hepner's characters are among the most compelling to be experienced in contemporary fiction…readers will be moved by the author's poetic rendition of the land's unique topography that inflames, confounds, and rarely satisfies one's personal hunger for carving out a meaningful and happy life.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE UTAH REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At once bleak and pleasingly beautiful, the novel grows true from pain, betrayal, loss, love, and pale salvation.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e15 BYTES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePale Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark novel by a deft storyteller.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHIGH COUNTRY NEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dazzlingly laconic, making poetry of the sheer sweat and physicality of everyday life in a worn–out landscape…\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLIBRARY JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \"Small-Press Gems\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hepner's stunning debut novel is an homage to the barren landscape of the American West. Hepner's gorgeous prose evokes the austerity and lonely beauty of the landscape. The novel is a meditation on the nature of hope and self–determination, a sweeping elegy to a dying town and to the bond between blood and earth.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"…a deeply moving and intellectually profound novel built on the iconic myth of the American West. Think McMurtry's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Picture Show\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eHorseman, Pass By\u003c\/i\u003e…Hepner draws a narrative exploring the existential angst smoldering in the rural West as family farmers who hold stewardship of the land confront social and economic conditions beyond their control. A bravura debut.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A quietly dazzling debut that any reader could enjoy.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLIBRARY JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Set in a rugged scrap of Utah, this first novel rings with the hard–scrabble tones of Steinbeck…\u003ci\u003ePale Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e is lush with unusual vocabulary and microscopic detail that combine to evoke a land and a kind of life singular to the American West.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFOREWORD REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hepner is a master storyteller, a craftsman of the first order, and a fine new talent. His Western Realism is a refreshing jolt, a throwback to Steinbeck and Stegner with its own stamp of uniqueness.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eANTHONY SWOFFORD\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eJarhead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHotels, Hospitals, and Jails\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hepner's starkly poetic voice leads us into the lives of characters torn be¬tween the imagined glories of the infinite and the raw realities of hard labor here on earth. \u003ci\u003ePale Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable addition to the ever more various stew of American literature.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSCOTT SPENCER\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eMan in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Ship Made of Paper\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEndless Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Torrey House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182431256816,"sku":"9781937226343","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937226343_p0.jpg?v=1763659871","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937226343","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}