The Southern Woman: New and Selected Fiction

by Elizabeth Spencer

Book Overview

Born in rural Carrollton, Mississippi, Elizabeth Spencer has been writing masterly stories and novellas about Southerners for more than half a century. The Southern Woman collects the best of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679642188
• ISBN13: 9780679642183
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Modern Library
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Not Only for Southerners

I'm reading this now, savouring it, allowing one story a day. The stories are gems, polished without feeling workshopped, elegant without seeming traditional, classics yet not stodgy. Spencer's understanding of the nuances of class are superb, and her settings are evocative, rich and compelling. I've read little Southern fiction and spent even less time below the Mason-Dixon line, but these stories still seem real to me, important, touching and relevant. Highly recommended.