Items related to On the Night Plain: A Novel
At the end of World War II, Grant Person abandons his family’s ranch on the Great Plains for a fishing boat on the Atlantic, only to be drawn back by his mother’s death. His father has mysteriously disappeared, and Grant’s brother, Max, a lifelong rival, takes off on the day Grant returns, leaving him with a sickly flock and a pile of debt. When Max returns a year later with a young woman named Sophia, a contest of will begins between the brothers, reviving ghosts that Grant had hoped were banished from the homestead.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
J. Robert Lennon is the author of the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize-winning novel The Light of Falling Stars, as well as the novel The Funnies. He lives with his family in Ithaca, New York.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:
He went into their room. Max was curled on his side, his sleeping face buried in his hands. Sophia lay awake. She was sprawled on her back, their mother's dress flat against her body, the skirt folds draped down between her knees outlining the full length of her legs, and her face, polished to glass by the sweat of a nightmare, seemed not to recognize Grant at all. Her eyes followed him to the bedside. He took her burning hand from her belly and held it. The fingers lay limp in his and then her eyes closed and the fingers tightened, crushing Grant's bones together against his skin. His heart gulped blood. Max stirred. Grant released her and turned and went out to the truck to wait.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0312420862
- ISBN 13 9780312420864
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 101.16
Shipping:
US$ 4.13
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
ON THE NIGHT PLAIN: A NOVEL
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.6. Seller Inventory # Q-0312420862
Buy New
US$ 101.16
Convert currency