A New Life: Stories and Photographs from the Suburban South (The Lyndhurst Series on the South)

Bys: Harris, Alex and George, Alice Rose

Book Overview

"How do you write about third generation Snopeses who have moved to Memphis and joined an encounter group?" asked Walter Percy in his book Signposts in a Strange Land. A New Life answers this question, combining the stories of eleven of the best new writers of southern fiction with contemporary work from extraordinary southern photographers. These short stories and surprising images portray the South not as we might imagine or remember it, but as it is lived--in condos and malls, on golf courses and interstates, in family rooms and bedrooms, and in the hearts and minds of southern people. This volume brings together recent southern stories by Richard Barusch, Bobbie Ann Mason, Lee Smith, Robert Olen Butler, and Mary Ward Brown, among others, coupled with photographic essays. These revealing pictures and stories cover a broad geographical and emotional territory and give us a revealing portrait of the new look and feel of the contemporary South.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393040305
• ISBN13: 9780393040302
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent concept

This book is a collection of short-stories accompanied by photograps of the suburban south. It is a very enjoyable read and explores issues such as what is it like to live in the south in the modern era. It was refreshing to read a book that had the viewpoint of many modern southern writers. The accompanying photographs help bring the stories to life. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who wants to gain insight as to what life is presently like in the suberban south.

Great Reading

I picked up this book while traveling in Atlanta Georgia and finished it in a couple of days. I couldn't put it down; the stories were so engaging.I don't often read short stories; they don't give me enough time to get to know the author's style. These short stories are are different. They pulled me in and I couldn't get enough. I highly recommend this one!