The Bitter Roots Will Stone

The Bitter Roots Will StoneWhen fourteen year old Pauly takes a swim in the Clark Fork River one summer day, he doesnt expect to see a boy drown. Surrounded by everyday violence in his Montana town, Pauly is determined to prove himself, navigating the awkward fumbles of boyhood against a backdrop of strikes, gang fights, soldiers headed for war, and Prohibition. First published in 1941 and never before reissued, The Bitter Roots is a largely autobiographical novel full of

to the quirky choice of subjects and the realism with which they are portrayed

flirts with the revolutionary greengrocer

as musician he becomes part of the spirit that puts the island on the world stage

This class

With fierce courage

Arranged chronologically

His discoveries are recorded in striking

brave collection

Alejo Carpentier and Mumia Abu-Jamal

1991) and Crystal Clear: Selected Prose (Lilliput Press

He had a big sound

With poems from Jo Brandon