Big Ivy
Big Ivy Book Club
the possibilities of what I could
By Nancy Dillingham
do with that eagle.”
Serena is an epic, Lady Mac-
The Big Ivy Book Club meets at beth-like tale, one of an evil wom-
10 am on Saturday (Nov. 28) at an and her husband, focusing on a
the Big Ivy Community Center, lumber empire in North Carolina.
located at 540 Dillingham Road. Replete with a chorus of common
The club will be meeting to dis- folk commenting on the action,
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cuss Ron Rash’s latest novel “Ser- the tragedy plays itself out like a N. Buncombe
ena.” classical Greek or Shakespearean
Schools, 3 BR,
Rash has often said that each of tragedy, though the author said,
his four novels began with a single “It’s about the Smoky Mountain
3 1/2 BA, over
image. In his latest offering, the National Park. It reflects a com-
3000 sq ft for
image was that of a woman, of mon fight between people as far
$284,900
mythic proportions, sitting on a as how land should be used. I feel
horse on hill with an eagle on her I was writing more about today
MLS# 440208
shoulder. Striving for authentic- than 1929 or 1930.”
Nancy Dillingham.
ity, the author states: “I talked Rash feels that “Serena” reflects
Near
with this guy because I wanted his best work as a writer. “I cer- When asked what makes a Lk. Louise,
Serena to have an eagle to hunt tainly worked harder on “Serena” writer, Rash said, “The most un-
4 BR, 2 1/2 BA,
with. He told me a story about a than I have on any other novel- derrated virtue for a writer is the
pair of eagles in Mongolia attack- óand I feel it’s my best. I worked ability to stick with it, a belief in
Two Decks,
ing a Snow Leopard and that just for three years, pretty much 3-4 yourself even when there seems to $250,000
really stunned me, brought home hours a day,” he said be no sense in it.”
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