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The Southern Woman: New and Selected Fiction (Modern Library)
by Elizabeth Spencer

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Publisher Comments:

Since 1944, when she published her first story, Elizabeth Spencer has been acclaimed as a writer of short fiction in the great tradition of Welty, Chopin, and Mansfield. The Southern Woman: New and Selected Fiction, her first collection in almost fifteen years, restores to print the author's most masterful stories and novellasincluding "The Light in the Piazza" - and publishes more than ten new stories for the first time. This collection celebrates a six-decade career devoted to the art of the story and the novella - a literary event for the lover of short fiction.

Synopsis:

Since 1944, when she published her first story, Elizabeth Spencer has been acclaimed as a writer of short fiction in the great tradition of Welty, Chopin, and Mansfield. The Southern Woman: New and Selected Fiction, her first collection in almost fifteen years, restores to print the author's most masterful stories and novellasincluding "The Light in the Piazza" - and publishes more than ten new stories for the first time. This collection celebrates a six-decade career devoted to the art of the story and the novella - a literary event for the lover of short fiction.

About the Author

Elizabeth Spencer is the author of more than a dozen collections of stories and novels. Born in 1921 in Carrollton, Mississippi, she currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679642183
Subtitle:
New and Selected Fiction
Author:
Spencer, Elizabeth
Publisher:
Modern Library
Location:
New York
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Italy
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
Short stories
Subject:
Southern states
Edition Number:
2001
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series:
Modern Library (Hardcover)
Series Volume:
106-28
Publication Date:
July 2001
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
480
Dimensions:
8.34x5.84x1.06 in. 1.21 lbs.