Audiobooks by Ron Rash

"'Equal parts vintage crime novel and Southern Gothic, full of aching ambivalence and hard compromises, and rounded off by bad faith and bad choices, One Foot in Eden is a veritable garden of earthly disquiet.' —Los Angeles Times Will Alexander is the sheriff in a small town in southern Appalachia, and he knows that the local thug Holland Winchester has been murdered. The only thing is the sheriff can find neither the body nor someone to attest to the killing. Simply, almost elementally told through the voices of the sheriff, a local farmer, his beautiful wife, their son, and the sheriff's deputy, One Foot in Eden signals the bellwether arrival of Ron Rash, one the most mature and distinctive voices in Southern literature."

Ron Rash (Author), Courtney Patterson, Patrick Zeller (Narrator)

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The World Made Straight: A Novel

"NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NOAH WYLE, JEREMY IRVINE, MINKA KELLY, ADELAIDE CLEMENS, STEVE EARLE, AND HALEY JOEL OSMENT. Travis Shelton is seventeen the summer he wanders into the woods onto private property outside his North Carolina hometown, discovers a grove of marijuana large enough to make him some serious money, and steps into the jaws of a bear trap. After hours of passing in and out of consciousness, Travis is discovered by Carlton Toomey, the wise and vicious farmer who set the trap to protect his plants, and Travis's confrontation with the subtle evils within his rural world has begun. Before long, Travis has moved out of his parents' home to live with Leonard Shuler, a schoolteacher who lost his job and custody of his daughter years ago, when he was framed by a vindictive student. Now Leonard lives with his dogs and his sometime girlfriend in a run-down trailer outside town, deals a few drugs, and studies journals from the Civil War. Travis becomes his student, of sorts, and the fate of these two outsiders becomes increasingly entwined as the community's terrible past and corrupt present bear down on each of them from every direction, leading to a violent reckoning—not only with Toomey, but with the legacy of the Civil War massacre that, even after a century, continues to divide an Appalachian community."

Ron Rash (Author), George Newbern (Narrator)

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Saints at the River: A Novel

"When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee River and her body is trapped in a deep eddy, the people of the small South Carolina town that bears the river's name are thrown into the national spotlight. The girl's parents want to attempt a rescue of the body; environmentalists are convinced the rescue operation will cause permanent damage to the river and set a dangerous precedent. Torn between the two sides is Maggie Glenn, a twenty-eight-year-old newspaper photographer who grew up in the town and has been sent to document the incident. Since leaving home almost ten years ago, Maggie has done her best to avoid her father, but now, as the town's conflict opens old wounds, she finds herself revisiting the past she's fought so hard to leave behind. Meanwhile, the reporter who's accompanied her to cover the story turns out to have a painful past of his own, and one that might stand in the way of their romance. Drawing on the same lyrical prose and strong sense of place that distinguished his award-winning first novel, One Foot in Eden, Ron Rash has written a book about the deepest human themes: the love of the land, the hold of the dead on the living, and the need to dive beneath the surface to arrive at a deeper truth. Saints at the River confirms the arrival of one of today's most gifted storytellers."

Ron Rash (Author), Megan Tusing (Narrator)

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[French] - Une terre d’ombre

"Laurel Shelton est vouée à une vie isolée avec son frère –; revenu de la Première Guerre mondiale amputé d'une main –;, dans la ferme héritée de leurs parents, au fond d'un vallon encaissé que les habitants de la ville considèrent comme maudit : rien n'y pousse et les malheurs s'y accumulent. Marquée par ce lieu, et par une tache de naissance qui oblitère sa beauté, la jeune femme est considérée par tous comme rien moins qu'une sorcière. Sa vie bascule lorsqu'elle rencontre au bord de la rivière un mystérieux inconnu, muet, qui joue divinement d'une flûte en argent. L'action va inexorablement glisser de l'émerveillement de la rencontre au drame, imputable exclusivement à l'ignorance et à la peur d'une population nourrie de préjugés et ébranlée par les échos de la guerre. La splendeur de la nature, le silence et la musique apportent un contrepoint sensible à l'intolérance, à la xénophobie et à un patriotisme buté qui tourne à la violence aveugle. Après Le Monde à l'endroit (Seuil, 2012), Une terre d'ombre prolonge une réflexion engagée par l'auteur sur la folie guerrière des hommes, tout en développant pour la première fois dans son œuvre romanesque une histoire d'amour tragique qui donne à ce récit poignant sa dimension universelle. Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Isabelle Reinharez"

Ron Rash (Author), Julie Allouf (Narrator)

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Serena

"The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton arrive in North Carolina to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains—but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any worker, overseeing crews, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness.Together Serena and George ruthlessly kill or vanquish all who fall out of their favor. But when Serena learns that she will never bear a child, she sets out on her own to kill the son George had without her. Mother and child begin a struggle for their lives, and when Serena suspects George is protecting his illegitimate family, the Pembertons' intense, passionate marriage starts to unravel as the story moves toward its shocking finale."

Ron Rash (Author), Phil Gigante (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Ron Rash

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