Admirers of Elizabeth Spencer's writing will welcome back into print her first novel, and her new readers will discover the sources of her notable talent in this book. Published in 1948 to extraordinary attention from such eminent writers as Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, and Katherine Anne Porter, this father-and-son story revolves around an old southern theme of family grievances and vendettas. Fire in the Morning recounts the conflict between two families extending over two generations up to the 1930s. The arrival of an innocent stranger flares old arguments and ignites new passions. I.
Elizabeth Spencer presents a vital, moving story set in the deep South--the Delta and Mississippi hill country. Amos Dudley was a farm boy in the Delta country at the turn of the century until he started working for his brother Ephraim in the store...
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Elizabeth Spencer presents a vital, moving story set in the deep South--the Delta and Mississippi hill country. Amos Dudley was a farm boy in the Delta country at the turn of the century until he started working for his brother Ephraim in the store by the railroad. It was an ordinary enough environment in which to begin to feel the strange forces that move a man to set his course in the world.But the forces working within Amos were by no means ordinary. Sometimes cruel, sometimes suddenly tender, they were strong and willful, so that Amos became a man to reckon with--to Ary, his beautiful, pla
Elizabeth Spencer is "a master storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle), her work called "dazzling" by Walker Percy. Whether she's writing short stories or novels, Spencer is acclaimed for holding her worlds up to light and turning them to see what...
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Elizabeth Spencer is "a master storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle), her work called "dazzling" by Walker Percy. Whether she's writing short stories or novels, Spencer is acclaimed for holding her worlds up to light and turning them to see what they reflect. The Night Travellers, set in North Carolina and Montreal during the Vietnam War years, is her most revealing work yet.Mary Kerr Harbison is a promising teenaged dancer when she meets Jefferson Blaise, an intellectual radical-in-the-making. He becomes a part of her life and over the objections of Mary's wealthy, abusiv
Admirers of Elizabeth Spencer's writing will welcome back into print her first novel, and her new readers will discover the sources of her notable talent in this book. Published in 1948 to extraordinary attention from such eminent writers as Robert...
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Admirers of Elizabeth Spencer's writing will welcome back into print her first novel, and her new readers will discover the sources of her notable talent in this book. Published in 1948 to extraordinary attention from such eminent writers as Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, and Katherine Anne Porter, this father-and-son story revolves around an old southern theme of family grievances and vendettas. Fire in the Morning recounts the conflict between two families extending over two generations up to the 1930s.The arrival of an innocent stranger flares old arguments and ignites new passions. I
It is well known that New Orleans has its dark underside as well as its glowing visible delights. The journey that Julia Garrett, an intelligent, attractive, but psychically driven girl, makes through the city's hidden labyrinth shapes the movement...
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It is well known that New Orleans has its dark underside as well as its glowing visible delights. The journey that Julia Garrett, an intelligent, attractive, but psychically driven girl, makes through the city's hidden labyrinth shapes the movement of this riveting novel. In crisscrossing the city from the secure world of home in the Garden District to the titillating world of the Vieux Carré, Julia risks physical and psychological peril. As she explores life on the other side, she becomes engulfed in the vortex of evil. In The Snare, one of America's most highly acclaimed fiction writers e
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I; 1. THE SQUIREMEISTER PARTY; 2. THE TOUCHSTONE; 3. THE UNHOLY VISIT; 4. MAURICE DEVIGNY; 5. THE SECOND ADDRESS; 6. THE MISSES MULLIGAN; 7. CONVERSATION IN A DRUGSTORE; 8. THE MARNIE CASE; 9. A REAPPEARANCE; 10. THE TRIAL; 11. THE TRIAL CONTINUES; 12. THE TRIAL RESUMES; 13. AFTERMATH; 14. JAKE; 15. DIVERGENCE; 16. MAURICE; 17. ISABEL; 18. THE SEARCHER; 19. CUL-DE-SAC; 20. REMAINS; The In-Between Time; 1. OLD RELATIONS; 2. THE MAN IN HER LIFE; 3. THE OLD MAN; 4. JULIA WRITING; 5. JULIA THINKING; 6. MISTRESS AND WIFE; 7. REFLECTION AND DECISION; Part II
1. A RETURN2. THEY KEEP COMING; 3. THE COURSE; 4. A CALL TO ARMS; 5. EXCHANGE; 6. SURVIVING; 7. SURVIVING; 8. MARNIE'S RETURN; 9. THE NET; 10. HOTEL CROYDON; 11. AUDUBON PLACE; 12. AND JAKE; 13. AND MUSIC AGAIN; 14. MARKING TIME; 15. OPEN DOOR; 16. POINT OF CONTACT; 17. WEEKEND; Battle; 1. ARREST; 2. THEIR SEASON; 3. NIGHT VISITOR; 4. THE STRAY; 5. ISABEL; 6. TREASURE;