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The South is both as it always was, and a profoundly different place than it used to be. But it still seems to be true, as Lee Smith says, that "narrative is in the air. This year's collection ranges from decaying farms to department stores, from small towns to thriving cities, tracking the likes of a violent paperhanger, a boy who kidnaps his school bus driver, an ambitious fiddler, and a failed adman. Once again, New Stories from the South is full to the brim with evocative, hilarious, moving, authentic, rip-your-heart-out stories.
Born in the small coal-mining town of Grundy, Virginia, Lee Smith began writing stories at the age of nine and selling them for a nickel apiece. Since then, she has written seventeen works of fiction, including Fair and Tender Ladies, Oral History, and, most recently, Guests on Earth. She has received many awards, including the North Carolina Award for Literature and an Academy Award in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; her novel The Last Girls was a New York Times bestseller as well as winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. She lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina, with her husband, the writer Hal Crowther. Visit her at www.leesmith.com.
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Fine. No Jacket. First Edition - First Printing. Presumed first edition, first printing with no additional printings noted. A very fine copy in glossy pictorial wrappers, a trade paperback original. SIGNED by Shannon Ravenel, Lee Smith, George Singleton, Qilliam Gay, Madison Smartt Bell, Jim Grimsley, and Carrie Brown. Not inscribed, remaindered or otherwise marked. Ravenel has dated her entry 9/22/01, and noted "Memphis" as the signing location. Contains William Gay's most important story, "The Paperhanger". Quiet scarce. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 012054
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 1565123115
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