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Presents a novella, ten stories, and three one-act plays that evoke the spirit of the South and its people
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is a master of the short story form....[His] is an extraordinary gift, too often absent in contemporary fiction."
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In eleven lyrical, moving, and eerie tales, and three one-act plays Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor lays claim to a level of literary observation and feeling that is unmatched. Whether he is exploring the limitations of family and the ambivalence of identity in "Cousin Aubry," the cruel payments exacted by love forsaken in "The Witch of Owl Mountain Springs," or the strange, possibly supernatural power that love calls into play in the title novella, Peter Taylor proves once again that he is a writer of rare talent who should not be missed.
THE BOSTON GLOBE
In eleven lyrical, moving, and eerie tales, and three one-act plays Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor lays claim to a level of literary observation and feeling that is unmatched. Whether he is exploring the limitations of family and the ambivalence of identity in "Cousin Aubry," the cruel payments exacted by love forsaken in "The Witch of Owl Mountain Springs," or the strange, possibly supernatural power that love calls into play in the title novella, Peter Taylor proves once again that he is a writer of rare talent who should not be missed.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 067941990X
- ISBN 13 9780679419907
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages309
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Peter Taylor draws us into a world that he has made distinctively his own in his fiction, the comfortable society of affluent Tennesseans--men and women of great character, and an awareness of the past that has shaped them. Yet for all their rootedness, other forces--often alien--intervene to change the course of fate in these entrancing, often chilling tales. In the long title story, we see the widow of a Tennessee congressman, long established in Washington, D.C., making ruthless use of her unearthly powers to play matchmaker for her shy young nephew. In "Demons," a young boy hears voices that others do not (and which foretell his cousins ruin). "The Witch of Owl Mountain Springs" is an aged spinster who carries out her revenge on the man who betrayed her when she was young and beautiful. In "An Overwhelming Question," a young, engaged couple get too caught up in a game of cat and mouse over whether or not to remain chaste before their honeymoon. A reserved young man undergoes a mysterious change of personality after he accompanies the body of his uncle on a funeral train, In another story, told as a one-act play, a brother and sister are visited by the ghost of their father--but it is a very different ghost each one sees. Glossy cover. Rough deckled page edges. Seller Inventory # 905
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