Flood: A Novel (Voices of the South) - Softcover

Warren, Robert Penn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807129186 ISBN 13: 9780807129180

Publisher: LSU Press, 2003

Synopsis

Originally published in 1963, this powerful novel spools a rewarding, dramatic storyline while it probes the deeper philosophical search for self-definition in modern life and the symbolic demise of the agrarian South from technological progress. Flood begins with the arrival of two men in a small Tennessee town -- Brad Tolliver, long-absent native son and successful screenwriter, and Yasha Jones, famous director and stranger to the region. Their purpose is to create a great film about the town, which will soon vanish when the massive dam being built downriver is completed. The town's inhabitants come vividly to life as past and present forces prepare them for a climactic new beginning to their world.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Penn Warren (1905--1989) is the only writer to have won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction and another (two) for poetry. He was influential as a novelist (All the King's Men), critic (Understanding Poetry and Understanding Fiction), editor (Southern Review), poet (first U.S. poet laureate), and teacher (Yale and Louisiana State University, among others). Born in Guthrie, Kentucky, he was educated at Vanderbilt University and Oxford.

Review:

"As always, Warren is extremely skillful at making all the cogs and parts of his story run together as he moves continuously and deftly ... between the present and the past."

About this edition

• Publisher: LSU Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0807129186
• ISBN 13: 9780807129180
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440