Delta Wedding

• Date de parution : 07/04/2016
• Editeur : Head Of Zeus
• EAN : 9781784971663
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• Support : Livre numérique

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• Thème : Non attribué
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Originally published in 1946, this portrait, written with Welty's trademark heightened lucidity, startling linguistic counterpoint and acute sensory detail, of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, evokes perfectly the plantations of the Mississippi delta. The story, set in 1923, is... Voir plus

Originally published in 1946, this portrait, written with Welty's trademark heightened lucidity, startling linguistic counterpoint and acute sensory detail, of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, evokes perfectly the plantations of the Mississippi delta. The story, set in 1923, is exquisitely woven from the ordinary events of family life, centred around the visit of a young relative, Laura McRaven, and the family's preparations for her cousin Dabney's wedding.