Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories

Ron Rash
4.03
2,785 ratings 442 reviews
From Ron Rash, PEN / Faulkner Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, comes a new collection of unforgettable stories set in Appalachia that focuses on the lives of those haunted by violence and tenderness, hope and fear—spanning the Civil War to the present day.  The darkness of Ron Rash’s work contrasts with its unexpected sensitivity and stark beauty in a manner that could only be accomplished by this master of the short story form. Nothing Gold Can Stay includes 14 stories, including Rash’s “The Trusty,” which first appeared in The New Yorker.
Genres: Short StoriesFictionSouthern GothicSouthernLiterary FictionAudiobookHistorical FictionGothicAdult FictionContemporary
256 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
890 (32%)
4 star
1247 (45%)
3 star
516 (19%)
2 star
109 (4%)
1 star
23 (1%)

Readers also enjoyed

Other books by Ron Rash

Lists with this book

And the Mountains Echoed
Life After Life
The Burgess Boys
The Death of Bees
Life After Life
The Signature of All Things
Released in 2013
214 books • 165 voters
Tenth of December
This Is How You Lose Her
Interpreter of Maladies
Cold Mountain
Christy
Prodigal Summer
Best Books Set in Appalachia
787 books • 834 voters