From the Introduction to Finding the Lost Country: The Life of William Gay “Some folks dwell in the shadow realms of the creative imagination, where synchronicity is as common as day and night, as sunlight and moonglow. William Gay and J.M. White are anomalies. There is no rational explaining of their lives, of their works. The self-educated […]
Books of Note: “Finding the Lost Country: The Life of William Gay” by J.M. White and “Francine” by Joe Taylor
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“The Lost Country,” by William Gay
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Reviewed by Richard Allen The Lost Country is, at its heart, a novel about nothing. It covers a year or so in the life of Billy Edgewater – essentially a nomad – as he hitchhikes his way from town to town in 1950s rural Appalachia, on his way to Tennessee to see his father on […]