A Piece of My Heart

by Richard Ford

Overview

The “extraordinary” debut novel (Newsweek) from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day tells the story of two godless pilgrims who converge on an uncharted island in the Mississippi. • “One of those books that hit you hard." —Houston Chronicle

Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men come together, each discovers the thing he's looking for—amid a conflagration of violence that's as shocking as it is inevitable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780394729145
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/12/1985
Series:	Vintage Contemporaries
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.17(w) x 7.96(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

RICHARD FORD is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction. Ford's best known titles are The Sportswriter, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land, and Let Me Be Frank with You.

Date of Birth:

February 16, 1944

Place of Birth:

Jackson, Mississippi

Education:

B.A., Michigan State University, 1966; M.F.A., University of California, Irvine, 1970

Editorial Reviews

"It's power is mysterious and unmistakable.... Extraordinary." —Newsweek

"This is one of those books that hit you hard...a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description.... I can't be unbiased. I'm mad for this book." —Houston Chronicle

From the Publisher

It's power is mysterious and unmistakable…extraordinary.
—Newsweek

Walter Clemons

This is one of those books that hit you hard…a story filled with breathing characters and genius—crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description….I can't be unbiased. I'm mad for this book.
—Houston Chronicle

Elizabeth Ashton

Ford is a masterful writer.
—Chicago Tribune

Raymond Carver