The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty Paperback Book

Description: The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty, Helen Mcneil A reflective, poignant novel of independence and love from one of Americas greatest contemporary Southern writers. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 wifes 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 Optimists Daughter is a reflective, poignant novel of independence and love, for which Eudora Welty, one of Americas gretest contemporary Southern writers, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Notes New edition. Author Biography Eudora Welty was born in 1908 in Jackson, Mississippi which is where she still makes her home. One of Americas most distinguished writers, she has published five novels and as many volumes of short stories. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Review A gentle, tender work, bright with Weltys sharp humour and pioneer sense of place. * Guardian * Her last, most autobiographical, and finest novel * Independent * Kirkus US Review Those who didnt enjoy the topsyturvy eccentricity of Losing Battles will be happy to find Miss Welty back in the changeless countryside of her earlier short novels where memory is the eternal revenant keeping alive places and people often in the mortmain of the past. Thus Laurel returns home, after the death of her mother, after her father has remarried the common Wanda Fay, as he lies in a hospital bed following some eye surgery. But somehow he just "sneaks out on them" or was he hurried along by Fay, just as she shifts his mortal remains from the camellia gravesite in the old cemetery to newer ground with plastic poinsettias? Alone for a few days in the large house of her childhood in Mount Salus, Mississippi, Laurel is submerged in memories of her own shortlived marriage as well as that of her parents, always serene until her mothers long illness with its prophetic fear of betrayal; such a betrayal as Wanda Fay whose encroachment was, after all, only physical - leaving behind a crumpled unmade bed or the drops of red nail polish on the mahogany desk. But then Laurel will learn "What burdens we lay on the dying. . . seeking to prove some little thing that we can keep to comfort us when they can no longer feel - something as incapable of being kept as of being proved: the lastingness of memory, vigilance against harm, self-reliance, good hope, trust in one another." Still at the end these abide. So too will Miss Weltys novel, perfectly poised between art and the experience she replicates and reconciles at the same time. (Kirkus Reviews) Prizes Winner of Pulitzer Prize Novel Category 1973 Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1973 Long Description 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 wifes 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 Optimists Daughter is a reflective, poignant novel of independence and love, for which Eudora Welty, one of Americas gretest contemporary Southern writers, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Review Quote Her last, most autobiographical, and finest novel Promotional "Headline" A reflective, poignant novel of independence and love from one of Americas greatest contemporary Southern writers. Description for Sales People Earlier edition sold over 9000 copies net. Details ISBN0860683753 Author Helen Mcneil Pages 192 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group ISBN-10 0860683753 ISBN-13 9780860683759 Format Paperback Imprint Virago Press Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.52 Media Book Birth 1909 Death 2001 Year 1984 Publication Date 1984-10-18 Series Virago Modern Classics Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 1984-10-18 AU Release Date 1996-08-11 NZ Release Date 1996-08-11 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168373733;

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