Eudora Welty
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Eudora Welty's subjects are the people who live in southern towns like Jackson, Mississippi, which has been her home for all of her long life. 'I've stayed in one place, ' she says, and 'it's become the source of the information that stirs my imagination'. Her distinctive voice and wry observations are rooted in the southern conversational tradition. The stories in this volume, from the first two collections she published, range in tone from the quietly...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 101
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Laurel Hand, long absent from the South, comes from Chicago to New Orleans, where her father dies after surgery. With Fay, the stupid new young wife of her father, Laurel returns to her former Mississippi home and stays a few days after the funeral for reunions with old friends. In a night alone in the house she grew up in, she confronts elements of the past and comes to a better understanding of it and of herself and her parents.
Author
Series
The Library of America volume 102
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
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