Book
Scribe : a novel / Alyson Hagy.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781555978181
- ISBN: 1555978185
- ISBN: 9781555978181 : PAP
- ISBN: 1555978185 : PAP
- ISBN: 9781555978181
- ISBN: 1555978185
- Physical Description: 157 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "A haunting, evocative tale about the power of storytelling. A brutal civil war has ravaged the country, and contagious fevers have decimated the population. Abandoned farmhouses litter the isolated mountain valleys and shady hollows. The economy has been reduced to barter and trade. In this craggy, unwelcoming world, the central character of Scribe ekes out a lonely living on the family farmstead where she was raised and where her sister met an untimely end. She lets a migrant group known as the Uninvited set up temporary camps on her land, and maintains an uneasy peace with her cagey neighbors and the local enforcer. She has learned how to make paper and ink, and she has become known for her letter-writing skills, which she exchanges for tobacco, firewood, and other scarce resources. An unusual request for a letter from a man with hidden motivations unleashes the ghosts of her troubled past and sets off a series of increasingly calamitous events that culminate in a harrowing journey to a crossroads. Drawing on traditional folktales and the history and culture of Appalachia, Alyson Hagy has crafted a gripping, swiftly plotted novel that touches on pressing issues of our time--migration, pandemic disease, the rise of authoritarianism--and makes a compelling case for the power of stories to both show us the world and transform it."--provided by publisher. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Storytelling > Fiction. Civil war > Fiction. Young women > Fiction. Letter writing > Fiction. Survival > Fiction. American fiction > 21st century. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Dystopian fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Burnham Library - Bridgewater | FIC HAGY (Text) | 36937002154996 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | FIC HAG (Text) | 33430141172999 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | FIC Hag (Text) | 33620139936716 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Norfolk Library | FIC HAG (Text) | 36058010262760 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | FIC HAGY, A (Text) | 34005100431484 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Southbury Public Library | HAGY (Text) | 34019143803484 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
