A Summons to Memphis Paperback - 1999
by Peter Taylor
When Phillip Carver is asked by his sisters to help avert their widower father's impending marriage to a younger woman, he is forced to confront his domineering siblings, a controlling patriarch, and a flood of memories from his deeply troubled past.
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One of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner "A Summons to Memphis introduces the Carver family, natives of Nashville, residents, with the exception of Phillip, of Memphis, Tennessee.
During the twilight of a Sunday afternoon in March, New York book editor Phillip Carver receives an urgent phone call from each of his older, unmarried sisters. They plead with Phillip to help avert their widower father's impending remarriage to a younger woman. Hesitant to get embroiled in a family drama, he reluctantly agrees to go back south, only to discover the true motivation behing his sisters' concern. While there, Phillip is forced to confront his domineering siblings, a controlling patriarch, and flood of memories from this troubled past.
Peter Taylor is one of the masters of Southern literature, whose work stands in the company of Eudora Walty, James Agee, and Walker Percy. In "A Summons to Memphis, he composed a richly evocative story of revenge, resolution, and redemption, and gave us a classic work of American literature.
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- Title A Summons to Memphis
- Author Peter Taylor
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Vintage Inte
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date June 29, 1999
- ISBN 9780375701177 / 0375701176
- Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.2 x 0.72 in (20.37 x 13.21 x 1.83 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-South
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Tennessee
- Locality: Memphis, Tennessee
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Memphis (Tenn.)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86045417
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Ingram Advance, 07/01/1999, Page 39
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