Synopses & Reviews
On its initial publication in 1962, Eudora Welty said of
A Long and Happy Life, "Reynolds Price is the most impressive new writer I've come across in a long time. His is a first-rate talent and we are lucky that he has started so young to write so well. Here is a fine novel."
From its dazzling opening page, which announced the appearance of a stylist of the first rank, to its moving close, this brief novel has charmed and captivated millions of readers since its publication twenty-five years ago and its subsequent translation into fifteen languages. On the triumphant publication of Kate Vaiden, his most recent novel, in 1986, there was almost no review that -- praising the new book to the skies -- didn't also mention in glowing terms the reviewer's fond recollection of the marvelous first novel, the troubled love story of Rosacoke Mustian and Wesley Beavers and its beautifully evoked vision of rural North Carolina. It is a pleasure now to restore to print the clothbound edition of this truly enduring work as a companion volume to his brilliant book of essays, A Common Room, published simultaneously.
Review
" A moment of truth that is art . " -- andlt;iandgt;The New York Times,andlt;/iandgt; 1962
Review
"Reynolds Price is the most impressive new writer I've come across in a long time. His is a first-rate talent and we are lucky that he has started so young to write so well. Here is a fine novel."andlt;BRandgt; --Eudora Welty
Review
"Few writers have made as dramatic an entrance on the American literary stage as Mr. Price
."--
William Grimes, New York Times, 2011Review
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Synopsis
On its initial publication in 1962, Eudora Welty said of
A Long and Happy Life, "Reynolds Price is the most impressive new writer I've come across in a long time. His is a first-rate talent and we are lucky that he has started so young to write so well. Here is a fine novel."
From its dazzling opening page, which announced the appearance of a stylist of the first rank, to its moving close, this brief novel has charmed and captivated millions of readers since its publication twenty-five years ago and its subsequent translation into fifteen languages. On the triumphant publication of Kate Vaiden, his most recent novel, in 1986, there was almost no review that -- praising the new book to the skies -- didn't also mention in glowing terms the reviewer's fond recollection of the marvelous first novel, the troubled love story of Rosacoke Mustian and Wesley Beavers and its beautifully evoked vision of rural North Carolina. It is a pleasure now to restore to print the clothbound edition of this truly enduring work as a companion volume to his brilliant book of essays, A Common Room, published simultaneously.
Synopsis
Ecstatically reviewed and winner of the William Faulkner Award for a notable first novel when it was published in 1962, andlt;Iandgt;A Long and Happy Lifeandlt;/Iandgt; launched the career of Reynolds Price, a writer considered to be "one of our greatest novelists" (Harper Lee).andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;From its dazzling opening page, which announced the appearance of a stylist of the first rank, to its moving close, this brief novel has charmed and captivated millions of readers since its original publication almost fifty years ago. The troubled love story of pretty, headstrong Rosacoke Mustian and the motorcycle-riding, stoic Wesley Beavers, andlt;Iandgt;A Long and Happy Lifeandlt;/Iandgt; beautifully evokes a rural North Carolina now long gone.
Synopsis
FROM ITS DAZZLING OPENING PAGE, WHICH ANNOUNCED THE appearance of a stylist of the first rank, to its moving close, this brief novel has charmed and captivated millions of readers since its original publication almost fifty years ago. The troubled love story of pretty, headstrong Rosacoke Mustian and the motorcycle-riding, stoic Wesley Beavers,
A Long and Happy Life beautifully evokes a rural North Carolina now long gone.
Ecstatically reviewed and winner of the William Faulkner Award for a notable first novel when it was published in 1962, A Long and Happy Life launched the career of Reynolds Price, a writer considered to be "one of our greatest novelists" (HARPER LEE).
About the Author
andlt;Bandgt;Reynolds Priceandlt;/Bandgt; (1933-2011)andnbsp;was born in Macon, North Carolina. Educated at Duke University and, as a Rhodes Scholar, at Merton College, Oxford University, heandnbsp;taught at Duke beginning in 1958 andandnbsp;was theandnbsp;James B. Duke Professor of English at the time of his death. His first short stories, and many later ones, are published in his andlt;iandgt;Collected Storiesandlt;/iandgt;. andlt;iandgt;A Long and Happy Lifeandlt;/iandgt; was published in 1962 and won the William Faulkner Award for a best first novel. andlt;iandgt;Kate Vaidenandlt;/iandgt; was published in 1986 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. andlt;iandgt;The Good Priest's Sonandlt;/iandgt; in 2005 was his fourteenth novel. Among his thirty-seven volumes are further collections of fiction, poetry, plays, essays, and translations. Price is a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and his work has been translated into seventeen languages.