Bøger af Donald Davis

Donald Davis, a former Methodist minister, has become one of America's most-revered traditional storytellers. While Davis has made his name telling coming-of-age stories of his childhood in the Great Smoky Mountains, this seminal volume focuses upon characters who have populated Davis's life and--he believes--will bring light into readers' lives. They are the unknown, but to family, who defined dignity, graciousness, and kindness in the author's eyes. Readers who have followed Davis's work over the past four decades will glory in these tales of special people who can now be known to all of us.

After ten years as a cult favorite, the award-winning stories of Donald Davis -- first collected in book form a decade ago -- are reason for celebration with every new readerAudiences at storytelling festivals worldwide are passionate about Donald Davis and his deceptively soft-edged Appalachian stories. Developed in oral performance, Davis' stories resonate in the experiences of his listeners and readers.The fourteen stories in this, his signature title, are so convincingly private as to be universal. The laughter, silent tears, and thunderous applause these stories elicit in live performance -- and the many repeat-buyers who give the book to friend after friend -- prompted us to commemorate them in this anniversary edition.