Local Souls

by Allan Gurganus

Book Overview

Through memorable language and bawdy humor, Gurganus returns to his mythological Falls, North Carolina, home of Widow. This first work in a decade offers three novellas mirroring today's face-lifted South, a zone revolutionized around freer sexuality, looser family ties, and superior telecommunications, yet it celebrates those locals who have chosen to stay local. In doing so, Local Souls uncovers certain old habits--adultery, incest, obsession--still...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087140379X
• ISBN13: 9780871403797
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.6"