Christmas Stories from the South's Best Writers - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 158980600X ISBN 13: 9781589806009

Casa editrice: Pelican Pub Co Inc, 2008

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A festive array of eleven holiday stories evokes the Christmas traditions, customs, and celebrations of the South in works by some of the region's top authors, including Olympia Vernon, Elizabeth Spencer, and Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler, highlighted by striking watercolor illustrations. Original.

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Christmas is not simply a season of mistletoe and gift giving. It is a season of traditions, sacrifice, family, patience, endurance, and faith. The stories in this anthology embrace the rich and varied aspects of the Christmas season, upholding family, forgiveness, and love as virtues of redemption.
Ranging from an evaluation of death and illness to a celebration of levity and laughter, the pieces engage with an entire range of human emotions endured by weighty and complex characters. A lonesome divorc�e finds strength in an artifact from her childhood in "Queen Elizabeth Running Free" while an elderly couple struggles to find comfort in "The Cold Giraffe." From Elizabeth Spencer's "Carrollton Christmas in Olden Days," recalling warm family memories of a particularly cold holiday, to Mark Richard's "The Birds for Christmas," wherein a bleak and difficult Christmas is endured by two boys in an orphanage, the stories in this anthology exemplify the best that Southern fiction has to offer.
Hope, anguish, joy, love, and redemption emanate from the pages of these outstandingly crafted stories. Sensitive to the nuances of language and with an ear for quality literature, the editors have assembled an extraordinary collection of eleven stories certain to evoke strong and unforgettable emotions in every reader.

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Mississippi native Charline McCord is a writer, communications director, longtime arts activist, and winner of the Bellamann Award in Creative Writing. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Southern Mississippi and has extensive experience in publishing and teaching. McCord lives in Clinton, Mississippi.
An award-winning playwright and freelance editor, Judy Tucker received a Literary Arts Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission and comes from a deeply rooted Southern family. The mother of three, Tucker lives in Jackson, Mississippi. Together, McCord and Tucker have been compiling and editing anthologies for nearly a decade.

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A collection of eleven short pieces of Southern fiction, this anthology provides a mature and poignant reflection on the holiday season. Childhood memories, past lovers, and departed family members haunt the pages of these illuminating and unforgettable stories, most of which have never before been published. The barren northern winter cuts through the pages of "Christmas 1910," wherein Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler tells of the unrequited affection felt by a South Dakota girl towards a distant stranger who visits her family's homestead on Christmas Eve. Sheryl Cornett crafts a tender portrait of acceptance and family in "Luke," Margaret McMullan explores an unusual Christmas in Mississippi shared between a house laborer and a wealthy child in "The Swing," and an aging father works to confront the trauma of his childhood in Glen Allison's "The Christmas Monkey."
Accompanied by gentle watercolor illustrations, each of the eleven stories shines as a piece of exemplary short fiction, which, when taken together, become a literary treasure. Featuring the voices of twelve of the finest Southern authors, including the critically acclaimed novelist Olympia Vernon, five-time O. Henry Award recipient Elizabeth Spencer, and poet, essayist, and documentary filmmaker Kay Sloan, this collection presents a rich and varied assortment of characters, emotions, and experiences celebrating Christmas as a season of both joy and contemplation.

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• Editore: Pelican Pub Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 158980600X
• ISBN 13: 9781589806009
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Redattore: McCord Charline R., Tucker Judy H.