| Bright's Passage | |
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First edition cover |
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| Author(s) | Josh Ritter |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Dial Press |
| Publication date | June 28th 2011 |
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| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 978-1400069507 |
Bright's Passage is the debut novel by singer/songwriter Josh Ritter. It is published by Dial Press and was released June 28th 2011.[1] The entire first chapter had been previously released for free download on Ritter's official website.[2]
The novel follows a young, widowed veteran of the First World War, Henry Bright, as he and his infant son, along with an unlikely guardian angel flee from a forest fire and Bright’s cruel in-laws. Shifting between their strange journey through West Virginia’s hickory-canopied foothills, Bright’s harrowing memories of the trenches of France, and recollections from his childhood, the novel is at times suspenseful and kinetic, quiet and eerie, and often humorous.