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First published in 1982,
Cakewalk was the first short story collection by iconic southern US writer Lee Smith. Comic and observant, Smith's fourteen tales in
Cakewalk introduce readers to a host of memorable Southern characters. Her protagonists include aging gossips, a soap opera-hooked housewife, a runaway teenager, and divergent sisters in various combinations.
About the author
Lee Smith, a native of Grundy, Virginia, is the author of sixteen works of fiction, including
Fair and Tender Ladies, Oral History, and her recent collection of stories,
Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger. Her many awards include the North Carolina Award for Literature and an Academy Award in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; her novel
The Last Girls was a
New York Times best seller as well as winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. Smith's latest novel is
Guests on Earth.
Summary
First published in 1982, Cakewalk was the first short story collection by iconic southern US writer Lee Smith. Comic and observant, Smith's fourteen tales in Cakewalk introduce readers to a host of memorable Southern characters. Her protagonists include aging gossips, a soap opera-hooked housewife, a runaway teenager, and divergent sisters in various combinations.
