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Some of the greatest storytellers of our time chronicle twentieth-century southern life.
Rich in irony, sly humor, and vivid, dramatic imagery, the literature of the modern South is a vital amalgam of a once-rural society's storytelling tradition and the painful contradictions and cultural clashes brought about by rapid change. The stories in this collection are as diverse as the region itself, yet they are all connected by a shared history and a uniquely southern strain of American language and narrative. Contributors include Truman Capote, William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, Alice Walker, Eudora Welty, and Tennessee Williams."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Humorous and filled with imagery, the literature of the modern South in the USA mixes a rural society's storytelling tradition and the cultural clashes brought about by rapid change. These stories are all connected by a shared history and a uniquely Southern strain of language and narrative.
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STORIES OF THE MODERN SOUTH A Rich Collection of Southern Fiction by Some of the Great Storytellers of Our Time
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Later Paperback Printing. Oversized paperback with illustrated covers; Overall book is sound, no loose pages, but agetoned, no writing or other markings inside, covers are a little rubbed/creased; A selection from some of the 20th Cent.finest authors; First pub.in 1977 by Bantam books, this edition pub.by penguin first in 1981 includes 3 extra stories; 439 pages with mini bios of the authors at back; Seller Inventory # PARA8967