Short Stories by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Short Stories by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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This volume collects, for the first time, the twenty-three published short stories of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Scribnerâ€™s printed Rawlingsâ€™s first short story, â€œCracker Chidlings,â€ in 1931, just three years after she moved to an orange grove in the backwoods of north-central Florida. With a mix of frontier morality, ingenuity, and humor, the story introduced readers to Fatty Blakeâ€™s squirrel pilau and â€˜Shiner Timâ€™s corn liquor. Just as important, it brought her work to the attention of Maxwell Perkins, who recognized her talent for storytelling and her eye for detail and who encouraged her to capture human drama in more â€œCrackerâ€ stories.

Often at her best combining satire and sarcasm, Rawlings is merciless in â€œGal Young â€˜Unâ€ as she bores in on two women, both competing for the same man and struggling for their dignity. The story, published in Harperâ€™s, was awarded the O. Henry Memorial Prize for best short story of 1932 and was made into a prize-winning movie in 1979. Her most autobiographical story, â€œA Mother in Mannville,â€ describes the sense of personal loss endured by a childless woman writer. She also wrote a series of comic stories that featured Quincey Dover, her alter ego.
Country USA
Brand University Press of Florida
Manufacturer University Press of Florida
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber photograph, notes, index
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780813012537
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of Florida
Manufacturer	University Press of Florida
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	photograph, notes, index
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780813012537
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Short Stories by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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