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Welty can truly only be understood by fellow Southerners. The sense of time and place in this novel is superb, but most likely lost on anyone who didn't grow up in the South. Welty's later works are somewhat more universal and has a wider appeal. Miss Welty is verbose at times but it is necessary to set the scene. She is quite capable of lean fiction as evidenced by some of her short stories. Often writers need to be read in chronological order of book written, to really understand their beginnings and flowering of their craft. I would recommend this novel to anyone who wants to know what it is like to grow up in this time period and place.
Some forget what really large and extended families are like; loud, chaotic, youngsters, teens, older. Family stories and houses. Here is a refreshing dip in memories and before your time old fashioned horse and buggy and a few cars from 1920's.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Interesting view of the South but hard to get into, wordy and somewhat dull. My book group read it and none of us really liked it.
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