The Optimist's Daughter

Zusatztext A gentle! tender work! bright with Welty's sharp humour and pioneer sense of place. Informationen zum Autor Eudora Welty was born in 1908 in Jackson, Mississippi which is where she still makes her home. One of America's most distinguished writers, she has published five novels and as many volumes of short stories. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Klappentext The people of Mount Salus, Mississippi always felt good about Judge McKelva. He was a quiet, solid reassuring figure, just as a judge should be. Then, ten years after his first wife's death, he marries the frivolous young Wanda Fay. No-one can understand his action, not least his beloved daughter, Laurel, who finds it hard to accept the new bride. It is only some years later, when circumstance brings her back to her childhood home, that Laurel stirs old memories and comes to understand the peculiarities of her upbringing, and the true relationship between her parents and herself. The Optimist's Daughter is a reflective, poignant novel of independence and love, for which Eudora Welty, one of America's gretest contemporary Southern writers, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. A reflective, poignant novel of independence and love from one of America's greatest contemporary Southern writers. Zusammenfassung A reflective, poignant novel of independence and love from one of America's greatest contemporary Southern writers.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eudora Welty, Welty Eudora
• Con la collaborazione di: Helen Mcneil (Introduzione)
• Editore: Virago Press Ltd
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 18.10.1984
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi
• EAN: 9780860683759
• ISBN: 978-0-86068-375-9
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.9 x 19.6 x 1.3 cm
• Serie: Virago Modern Classics > 406; VMC > 403; VMC > 403; Virago Modern Classics
• Categorie: Mississippi, Virago, Romance, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Romance / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Love Stories, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary, literary classics, classic novels, coming of age books, literary romance, coming of age novels, Virago Modern Classics, vmc, romance stories, Pulitzer winner, coming of age classics, literary coming of age books, The Optimist's Daughter