Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of John Fox Jr. which are The Trail of the Lonesome Pine and A Cumberland Vendetta. John Fox Jr. was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer. Many of his works reflected the naturalist style, his childhood in Kentucky's Bluegrass region, and his life among the coal miners of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Many of his novels were historical romances or period dramas set in that region.Novels selected for this book: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.A Cumberland Vendetta.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

John Fox Jr.は、アパラチアの峻厳な自然とそこに生きる人々の魂を詩情豊かに描いた作家です。本作は、伝統的な「掟」と近代化の波が衝突する瞬間を鮮烈に切り取っています。自然主義的な冷徹さとロマンティシズムが同居する文体は、過酷な大地で育まれる愛と誇りの熱量を現代に生々しく伝えてくれます。 文明の光が届かぬ山奥で、運命に抗い気高く生きる人々の姿は、人間存在の根源的な美しさを問いかけ、読者の心を激しく揺さぶります。失われゆくフロンティアへの情熱が息づく、アメリカ文学の至宝とも言える魂の叙事詩。高潔な人々の息遣いを、ぜひその手で感じ取ってください。