The Blood of ParadiseStephen Goodwin's second novel is an emblematic tale of the sixties, of a sophisticated couple going back to the land. The restlessness that compels Anna and Steadman to move from the city to a small mountain farm in Virginia is brought into high relief by the cycles of the natural world, and by the arrival of Anna's demonic twin sister. Goodwin's prose, by turns stark and pastoral, outlines these struggles while leavening them with self-effacing humor and beauty. Peopled with hippies and mountain folk, artists and farmers both organic and traditional, not to mention an unforgettable child, The Blood of Paradise evokes an era through a sensitive and unstinting portrait of marriage. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 14 |
Section 3 | 28 |
Section 4 | 53 |
Section 5 | 63 |
Section 6 | 73 |
Section 7 | 86 |
Section 8 | 104 |
Section 9 | 118 |
Section 10 | 130 |
Section 11 | 162 |
Section 12 | 171 |
Section 13 | 189 |
Section 14 | 204 |
Section 15 | 225 |
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