The Cave (Kentucky Voices) - Softcover

Warren, Robert Penn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813191556 ISBN 13: 9780813191553

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 2006

Synopsis

In his sixth novel, The Cave (1959), Robert Penn Warren tells the story of a young man trapped in a cave in fictional Johntown, Tennessee. His predicament becomes the center of national attention as television cameras, promoters, and newscasters converge on the small town to exploit the rescue attempts and the thousands of spectators gathered at the mouth of the cave.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), born in Guthrie, Kentucky, was one of America's most revered writers, producing fiction, poetry, history, and criticism, much of it focusing on the moral dilemmas of the South. He served as America's first poet laureate. He received the Pulitzer Prize three times, for his novel All the King's Men and for his books of poetry Promises: Poems 1954–1956 and Now and Then. He is also the author of Portrait of a Father and Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back.

Review:

"The Cave is Robert Penn Warren at his best, and they don't come much better than that."―New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0813191556
• ISBN 13: 9780813191553
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424