Fancy Strut: A Novel - Softcover

Smith, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345410394 ISBN 13: 9780345410399

Verlag: Ballantine Books, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

“[Lee Smith] re-creates a vanished way of life with stunning authenticity.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

Speed, Alabama, is frantically preparing for the event of a lifetime: Sesquicentennial Week. And all her proud citizens are kicking up their heels in a lively, pompous fancy strut. . . .

Praise for Fancy Strut

“Smith offers ripe entertainment.”—People

“[She] brings the storytelling gift off the porch swing and onto the printed page with an often breathtaking vitality. . . . A writer of rare talent.”—Publishers Weekly

“A spellbinding storyteller.”—Newsday

“[Smith] has the gift of a McCullers or a Faulkner of catching the sorrow, irony, and humor indigenous to the Southern temperament.”—Booklist

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lee Smith was born in Grundy, VA. She is author of many novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Last Girls, and most recently Guests On Earth. She is a recipient of the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the North Carolina Award for Literature, and a Southern Book Critics Circle Award.

Aus dem Klappentext

Speed, Alabama, is frantically preparing for the event of a lifetime: Sesquicentennial Week. And all her proud citizens are kicking up their heels in a lively, pompous fancy strut....

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Ballantine Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0345410394
• ISBN 13: 9780345410399
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
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• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar