{"product_id":"selected-stories-of-eudora-welty-a-curtain-of-green-and-other-stories-modern-library","title":"Selected Stories of Eudora Welty: A Curtain of Green and Other Stories (Modern Library)","description":"Eudora Welty's subjects are the people who live in southern towns like Jackson, Mississippi, which has been her home for all of her long life. I've stayed in one place,' she says, and 'it's become the source of the information that stirs my imagination.' Her distinctive voice and wry observations are rooted in the southern conversational tradition. The stories in this volume, from the first two collections she published, range in tone from the quietly understated and psychologically subtle to the outrageously grotesque. Linking them all is Welty's remarkable ear for the language and point of view of the South. 'She's a lot smarter than her cousins in Beula,' someone remarks about a reputed suicide in one story. 'Especially Edna Earle, that never did get to be what you'd call a heavy thinker. Edna Earle could sit and ponder all day on how the little tail of the 'c' got through the 'I' in a Coca-Cola sign.\"\n\nThe stories in this volume, from the first two collections she published, range in tone from the quietly understated and psychologically subtle to the outrageously grotesque.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679600027\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0679600027.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Welty, Eudora|Porter, Katherine An\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41510973997114,"sku":"DBV.0679600027.G","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0679600027-0.jpg?v=1783461176","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/selected-stories-of-eudora-welty-a-curtain-of-green-and-other-stories-modern-library","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}