Demon Copperhead: Survival, Art and Appalachian Truth
Demon Copperhead stands as one of the most ambitious reinterpretations of a literary classic in contemporary American fiction. Within the first hundred words, its purpose is unmistakable: Barbara Kingsolver adapts the essential structure of David Copperfield into a modern Appalachian setting, following the life of a boy—Damon Fields, known as Demon—born into generational poverty, familial…
