The Silent

(Paperback)

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\'9291I was almost thirteen when the bluebelly Yankee bastards invaded the Valley. I saw a lot that day hey killed Poppa right off, and then they dragged Mother into the front yard before they killed her too. I figure that was the day I first got the knack of being invisible.\'9291 From the critically acclaimed author of the Memory Cathedral comes a most powerful, haunting and unforgettable novel of the Civil War. Provocative, poetic, and disturbing, the Silent introduces us to a young narrator whose voice rivals any in literature in bringing poignantly to life the surreal horrors of battle and its spiritual cost to human survival. \'9291A ferocious portrait ann captures he sheer bloody chaos of battle in the civil war vivid and disturbing read.\'9291 Kirkus Reviews

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Praise for "The Silent: "
"A ferocious portrait of the Civil War's human toll....There is no doubt that Dann captures, in a way few other novelists have, the sheer bloody chaos of battle."
"--Kirkus Reviews"
"Dann's breathtaking ambition joins hands with the deep confidence of a writer working at the top of his form."
--Peter Straub
"This is narrative storytelling at its best--so highly charged emotionally as to constitute a kind of poetry from hell."
"--Library Journal"
Praise for Jack Dann's "The Memory Cathedral: "
"Impeccably researched...a fine historical work about Leonardo da Vinci, as well as a science fiction story of epic proportions."
"--The Washington Post"
"A grand accomplishment, a novel rich in ideas and characterization."
"--San Francisco Chronicle"
"Reading "The Memory Cathedral,.".is like stepping into a time machine and experiencing all the beauty and horror, intellectual excitement and romantic wonder of the Renaissance."
"--Telluride Times-Journal"

"From the Hardcover edition."

Praise for "The Silent:
"A ferocious portrait of the Civil War's human toll....There is no doubt that Dann captures, in a way few other novelists have, the sheer bloody chaos of battle."
"--Kirkus Reviews
"Dann's breathtaking ambition joins hands with the deep confidence of a writer working at the top of his form."
--Peter Straub
"This is narrative storytelling at its best--so highly charged emotionally as to constitute a kind of poetry from hell."
"--Library Journal
Praise for Jack Dann's "The Memory Cathedral:
"Impeccably researched...a fine historical work about Leonardo da Vinci, as well as a science fiction story of epic proportions."
"--The Washington Post
"A grand accomplishment, a novel rich in ideas and characterization."
"--San Francisco Chronicle
"Reading "The Memory Cathedral...is like stepping into a time machine and experiencing all the beauty and horror, intellectual excitement and romantic wonder of the Renaissance."
"--Telluride Times-Journal

"From the Hardcover edition.

Author Bio

Jack Dann is a multiple award-winning author and editor with over seventy books to his credit, including The Man Who Melted, The Silent, The Rebel and the international bestseller The Memory Cathedral. Dreaming Down-Under, edited by Jack and his partner, Dr Janeen Webb, was the benchmark by which other anthologies are measured, and the book was a winner of the World Fantasy Award in 1999. Jack Dann lives in Melbourne and commutes back and forth to Los Angeles and New York. His website is www.jackdann.com