Bücher versandkostenfrei*100 Tage RückgaberechtAbholung in der Wunschfiliale
Zustellung: Mi, 01.10. - Di, 07.10.
Versand in 2 Wochen
VersandkostenfreiBestellen & in Filiale abholen:
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.
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.
Produktdetails
Erscheinungsdatum
29. Juni 1999
Sprache
englisch
Seitenanzahl
224
Autor/Autorin
Peter Taylor
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
kartoniert
Gewicht
230 g
Größe (L/B/H)
201/134/19 mm
ISBN
9780375701177
Entdecken Sie mehr
Bewertungen
am 05.10.2023
Aus den Südstaaten der USA, aber gut auf Deutschland übertragbar
In "A Summons to Memphis" beschreibt Peter Taylor komplexe Familienverhältnisse in Tennessee im frühen 20.Jhdt. Der Erzähler Philipp Carver entflieht nach New York, wird aber immer wieder zurück nach Memphis gezogen. Der Roman beschreibt auch wie sich vier Töchter und Söhne gegenüber ihren dominanten Vater bewähren und thematisiert die Kluft zwischen Tradition und Modernisierung, zwischen Land und Stadt und Großstadt.
All das können die Leser auch auf ihre Verhältnisse übertragen. Ich jedenfalls konnte es.
Taylor mäandert in Thomas Bernhard Manier und springt zuweilen zeitlich wirr durcheinander bis allmählich das gewünschte Bild entsteht.