Delta Wedding

With a new introduction from Anne Tyler. From one our most treasured American writers, Delta Wedding is a vivid and charming portrait of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, who live on a plantation in the Mississippi delta. The story, set in 1923, is exquisitely woven from the ordinary events of family life, centered around the visit of a young relative, Laura McRaven, and the family's preparations for her cousin Dabney's wedding.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

EUDORA WELTY (1909–2001) was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and attended the Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University (where she studied advertising). In addition to short fiction, Welty wrote novels, novellas, essays, and reviews, and was the winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Zusammenfassung

With a new introduction from Anne Tyler.

From one our most treasured American writers, Delta Wedding is a vivid and charming portrait of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, who live on a plantation in the Mississippi delta. The story, set in 1923, is exquisitely woven from the ordinary events of family life, centered around the visit of a young relative, Laura McRaven, and the family’s preparations for her cousin Dabney’s wedding.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Eudora Welty
• Mitarbeit: Anne Tyler (Einführung)
• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.06.2020
• EAN: 9780358212522
• ISBN: 978-0-358-21252-2
• Seiten: 304
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Gewicht: 240 g
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, US South, WOMEN'S LITERATURE: LITERATURE/FICTION, LITERATURE: WOMEN'S LITERATURE, FICTION: Sagas, FICTION: Coming of Age, FICTION: Small Town & Rural *, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, FICTION: Classics, LITERATURE: CLASSICS, Literature / General Fiction, Literature / Women's Literature, Women's Literature / Literature/Fiction, Literature / Classics