Ebook {Epub PDF} South of the Big Four by Don Kurtz

 · Overview. South of the Big Four is a gracefully told, arresting look at an America in which the center no longer holds, where a new kind of forgiveness and understanding must be found. In the tradition of A Thousand Acres and A Map of the World, the novel's sudden truths and lasting images transcend the daily lives of its Midwestern characters to create a penetrating, resonant story, made all ISBN Set in the s in the farm country of north central Indiana, Kurtz's first novel tells the story of Arthur Conason and his return to his family's abandoned farmhouse. South of the Big Four explores a dying profession- independent farming, which cannot compete with industrial farming. Kurtz was born in Urbana, Illinois; he spent one fall and three springs working for his uncle's farming.  · Synopsis. Expand/Collapse Synopsis. South of the Big Four is a gracefully told, arresting look at an America in which the center no longer holds, where a new kind of forgiveness and understanding must be found. In the tradition of A Thousand Acres and A Map of the World, the novel's sudden truths and lasting images transcend the daily lives of its Midwestern characters to create a 4/5.

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Set in the s in the farm country of north central Indiana, Kurtz's first novel tells the story of Arthur Conason and his return to his family's abandoned farmhouse. South of the Big Four explores a dying profession- independent farming, which cannot compete with industrial farming. Kurtz was born in Urbana, Illinois; he spent one fall and three springs working for his uncle's farming. First-novelist Kurtz spins a bloated midwestern saga about a prodigal son who returns to the abandoned family farm and finds himself by working land that now belongs to someone else—and by having affairs with a waitress and with his brother's wife. Arthur Conason is a self-styled Bruce Springsteen: ``Don't let anyone ever tell you there's no special advantage in being free. Free, of age. Don Kurtz. · Rating details · ratings · 19 reviews. Set in contemporary farm country of north central Indiana, just south of the Big Four railroad tracks, this extraordinary first novel tells the story of thirty-year-old Arthur Conason and his return to his family's abandoned farmhouse. The land is now farmed by the indomitable Gerry Maars, who immediately takes Arthur on as his hired man.