Лучшие книги Юдоры Элис Уэлти

Рассказы этой книги дают представление о творческой эволюции и о писательской манере Юдоры Уэлти (1909-2001), для которой характерно сочетание лиризма и иронии, комического и трагического.

Книга включает в себя роман "Дочь оптимиста", удостоенный в 1973 Пулитцеровской премии, и рассказы известной американской писательницы Юдоры Уэлти (1909-2001).

В книге представлено творчество двух ведущих представительниц современной прозы США. В издание включены повести: "Полуденное вино", "Тщета земная", "Бледный конь, бледный всадник", "Падающая башня" и рассказы Кэтрин Энн Портер, а также роман "Дочь оптимиста" и рассказы Юдоры Уэлти.

A reflective, poignant novel of independence and love from one of America's greatest contemporary Southern writers.

A vivid and charming portrait of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, who live on a plantation in the Mississippi delta. The story, set in 1923, is exquisitely woven from the ordinary events of family life, centered around the visit of a young relative, Laura McRaven, and the family’s preparations for her cousin Dabney’s wedding.

Thirteen outstanding short stories by Welty, written between 1937 and 1951. “Miss Welty has written some of the finest short stories of modern times” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Selected and with an Introduction by Ruth M. Vande Kieft.

В настоящем издании представлены повести и рассказы двух ведущих представительниц современной прозы США. Снискав мировую известность романом "Корабль дураков", Кэтрин Энн Портер предстает в однотомнике как незаурядный мастер малой прозы, сочетающий интерес к вечным темам - жизни, смерти, свободы - с умением проникать в потаенные глубины внутреннего мира персонажей. С малой прозой связаны главные творческие победы Юдоры Уэлти, виртуозного стилиста и ироничного наблюдателя человеческих драм, которыми так богата повседневность.

Eudora Welty: Complete Novels

First published in 1949, THE GOLDEN APPLES is an acutely observed, richly atmospheric portrayal of small town life in Morgana, Mississippi. There's Snowdie, who has to bring up her twin boys alone after her husband, King Maclain, disappears one day, discarding his hat on the banks of the Big Black. There's Loch Morrison, convalescing with malaria, who watches from his bedroom window as wayward Virgie Rainey meets a sailor in the vacant house opposite. Meanwhile, Miss Eckhart the piano teacher, grieving the loss of her most promising pupil, tries her hand at arson.

Eudora Welty has a fine ear for dialogue and describes each of the characters in incisive, haunting prose. '...in the South,' she says, 'everybody stays busy talking all the time - they're not sorry for you to overhear their tales'. Welty deftly picks up their stories to create an unflinching potrait of everyday life in the American South and offers a deeply moving look at human nature.

First published in 1949, The Golden Apples is an acutely observed, richly atmospheric portrayal of small town life in Morgana, Mississippi. There's Snowdie, who has to bring up her twin boys alone after her husband, King Maclain, disappears one day, discarding his hat on the banks of the Big Black. There's Loch Morrison, convalescing with malaria, who watches from his bedroom window as wayward Virgie Rainey meets a sailor in the vacant house opposite. Meanwhile, Miss Eckhart the piano teacher, grieving the loss of her most promising pupil, tries her hand at arson.
Eudora Welty has a fine ear for dialogue and describes each of the characters in incisive, haunting prose. '...in the South,' she says, 'everybody stays busy talking all the time - they're not sorry for you to overhear their tales'. Welty deftly picks up their stories to create an unflinching potrait of everyday life in the American South and offers a deeply moving look at human nature.

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