Q Road: A Novel

Q Road: A Novel

Department

English

Document Type

Book

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Description

Combining the modern-farm-life realities of Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres with the quirky humor and eccentric characters of Carolyn Chute's The Beans of Egypt, Maine, Q Road is a charming debut from Bonnie Jo Campbell. Greenland Township, Michigan: On the same acres where farmers once displaced Potawatomi Indians, suburban developers now supplant farmers and prefab homes spring up in last year's cornfields. All along Q Road—or “Queer Road,” as the locals call it—the old, rural life collides weirdly with the new. With a cast of lovingly rendered eccentrics and a powerful sense of place, Q Road is a lively tale of nature and human desire that alters the landscape of contemporary fiction.

ISBN

978-0743203661

Publication Date

8-19-2003

Publisher

Scribner

City

New York

Disciplines

Creative Writing

Citation for published book

Campbell, Bonnie Jo. Q Road : A Novel / Bonnie Jo Campbell. 2003. Print.

Q Road: A Novel

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