Postcards
Author: Annie Proulx
Reproduced as graphics that preface narrative sections, the postcards in this novel — communications between the Blood family and their son Loyal, as well as other personal mail and advertising material — progressively reveal the insecurity of the rural Bloods in the changing post-war world. Loyal has fled into exile after an accidental killing, but cannot find a haven o….Read More
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