The Wide Net and Other Stories

These eight stories reveal the singular imaginative power of one of America's most admired writers. Set in the Old Natchez Trace region, the stories dip in and out of history and range from virgin wilderness to a bar in New Orleans. In each story, Miss Welty sustains the high level of performance that, throughout her distinguished career, has won her numerous literary awards. "Miss Welty runs a photofinish with the finest prose artists of her time" (Time).

About the author

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.

Summary

These eight stories reveal the singular imaginative power of one of America's most admired writers. Set in the Old Natchez Trace region, the stories dip in and out of history and range from virgin wilderness to a bar in New Orleans. In each story, Miss Welty sustains the high level of performance that, throughout her distinguished career, has won her numerous literary awards. "Miss Welty runs a photofinish with the finest prose artists of her time" (Time).

Product details

• Authors: Eudora Welty
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.1974
• EAN: 9780156966108
• ISBN: 978-0-15-696610-8
• No. of pages: 228
• Weight: 254 g
• Series: Harvest Book, Hb278; Harvest Book, Hb278
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION: Romance / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Small Town & Rural *, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: Southern, FICTION: Erotica / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century