{"product_id":"the-southern-woman-selected-fiction-9780593241189","title":"The Southern Woman: Selected Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning collection of stories from \"one of the foremost chroniclers of the American South\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), including the novella \"Light in the Piazza\"--featuring an introduction by Afia Atakora, author of \u003ci\u003eConjure Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of a fifty-year career, Elizabeth Spencer wrote masterly, lyrical fiction about southerners. An outstanding storyteller who was unjustly denied a Pulitzer for her anti-racist novel\u003ci\u003e The Voice at the Back Door\u003c\/i\u003e despite being the unanimous choice of the judges, she is recognized as one of the most accomplished writers of short fiction, infusing her work with elegant precision and empathy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Southern Woman\u003c\/i\u003e collects the best of Spencer's short stories, displaying her range of place--the agrarian South, Italy in the decade after World War II, the gray-sky North, and, finally, the contemporary Sun Belt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10846604\"\u003eElizabeth Spencer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593241189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593241185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC074000\"\u003eSouthern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Spencer \u003c\/b\u003e(1921-2019) was the author of nine novels and novellas and three other short-story collections. She was raised in Mississippi, where tales of the Civil War lingered and segregation seemed permanent, during the Great Depression. Spencer's wanderings took her to Italy in 1953, to Montreal in 1958, and back to the South in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685206724845,"sku":"9780593241189","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_4698058d-5328-4f1a-847a-fd364b4bf3d9.jpg?v=1649764319","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-southern-woman-selected-fiction-9780593241189","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}