The Encounter

by Crawford Power

Overview

Father Cawder dreams about the arrival of the carnival and the hubbub it will bring, but he cannot anticipate the heated tragedy of lovers Stella and Diamond, or the harsh judgment of his neighbor Mrs. Girard. With characters that leap off the page and stay with you long after the final lines, The Encounter is a shattering Southern novel and a landmark work of literature, now back in print for a new audience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781468306453
Publisher:	ABRAMS
Publication date:	12/12/1983
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	557 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Crawford Power was born in 1909 and lived in Leesburg, Virginia, until his death in 1987. The Encounter was his only novel, published to acclaim in 1950.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Power presents his characters with such respect and understanding that it is impossible to lay this book down." —The New Yorker

"Offers marvels of observation." —Time

"An excellent novel." —Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial Reviews

…Crawford Power's only published work—and a great one…The novel's atmosphere is Catholic noir…[its] plot amounts to a linked series of tribulations—or stations, as it might be—each one picked out in fine detail and almost phantasmagorically vivid. Taken together, they make up a terrifying spiritual journey, at whose end is Father Cawder's recognition of his own spiritual dysfunction. In our eyes, Father Cawder seems psychologically damaged…In the framework of this novel, however, the theological and the psychological are coupled with great subtlety. In the end, the man whom we despised so thoroughly for the first part of the novel, becomes, thanks to Power's stealthy construction of character, an object of our sympathy, even respect. And that approaches a miracle.

The Washington Post - Katherine A. Powers

Power presents his characters with such respect and understanding that it is impossible to lay this book down.

The New Yorker

"Power presents his characters with such respect and understanding that it is impossible to lay this book down." —The New Yorker

"Offers marvels of observation." —Time

"An excellent novel." —Chicago Sun-Times

From the Publisher