Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Short Stories (Voices: A Treasury of Regional American Fiction) [Audio Cassette]

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Author), Melissa Hughed (Narrator)

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Book Description

Publication Date: May 1995 | Series: Voices: A Treasury of Regional American Fiction (Book 3)

These eight stories represent Florida in the 1930s and '40s as Rawlings saw it--alive, harsh and unforgettable. 4 cassettes.

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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Rawlings, best known for her novel The Yearling, displays her talent for portraying the Florida cracker in wonderful backwoods vernacular in these eight stories. Rawlings depicts an entire way of life, including the humor and tragedy of a people used to being repeatedly knocked down by life but always rising up again simply because they have no choice. Melissa Hughes's dialect and reading of "Pelican's Shadow," "Black Secret," "The Pardon," "In the Heart," "Jessamine Springs," "Benny and the Bird Dogs," and others sound just as though she were telling the stories herself. Highly recommended.?Sandy Glover, West Linn P.L., Ore.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile

These eight stories are set in the flat woods of Florida in the '30's, the fictional world immortalized by Rawlings in The Yearling and Cross Creek. Six are short and forgettable, but "Benny and the Bird Dogs" and "Gal Young 'Un" are classics. Although Melissa Hughes succeeds reasonably well in reproducing Cracker dialect, she's not too convincing as the hard-drinking, hell-raising Benny. "Gal Young 'Un," in contrast, is perfect for her light voice. Here an independent, old woman marries a handsome drifter who robs her blind and then brings homeÐalmost like a stray dogÐ"the gal young 'un." She's just a scrawny girl, butÐin the hands of the author and narratorÐshe's poignantly alive. Thanks to Audio Bookshelf for publishing this third book in the series Voices: A Treasury of Regional Fiction. J.C. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

Audio Cassette
Publisher: Audio Bookshelf (May 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1883332168
ISBN-13: 978-1883332167
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.6 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,057,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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