Southern Fiction From Some of Our Greatest Storytellers
Mining the same terrain as in their previous collection, Stories of the Modern South, Forkner and Samway turn their attention to an earlier era. Most of the stories in this collection were written in the 19th century.
Rich in irony, sly humor, and vivid, dramatic imagery, the literature of the modern South is a vital amalgam of a once-rural society's storytelling tradition and the painful contradictions and cultural clashes brought about by rapid change. This excellent collection includes works by Truman Capote, James Agee, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Anne Tyler, Reynolds Price, and many others.