Books by Bruce Machart
language
English
review 1: Historic and bucolic prose is evocative but I am skeptical of the depth of the farm boy protagonist's insightful mind. Where did he learn to think like that if working the fields all day and lacking the love and even touch of his father. It can't all be owed to the imagination ...
language
English
review 1: After reading a string of lack-luster books, I was delighted by the power of this book.While brutal, blunt, and sometimes difficult to read (because of subject matter, not because it was verbose/bad/hard to understand), the novel weaves a powerful narrative of an abused boy and h...
language
English
review 1: These are really powerful short stories. The writing style and content is uniquely masculine (which I suppose is to be expected), and incredibly moving. Machart has a great grasp of nuance, and his characters and settings really come alive with just a few sentences. Jack and I ha...