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Vintage International Ser.: A Summons to Memphis : Pulitzer Prize Winner by Peter Taylor (1999, Trade Paperback)

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Summons to Memphis, Paperback by Taylor, Peter, ISBN 0375701176, ISBN-13 9780375701177, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Philip has a new life in New York but is returned to the petty meddling of his family when his two spinster sisters call upon him to help them ruin their eighty-one-year-old father's wedding plans

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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.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375701176
ISBN-13
9780375701177
eBay Product ID (ePID)
151532

Product Key Features

Book Title
Summons to Memphis : Pulitzer Prize Winner
Author
Peter Taylor
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Family Life, General, Literary
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
6.8 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3568.O243
Reviews
"We finish the novel feeling we've not only come to know his characters, but also come to share their inner truths." --Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "A beautiful ironic novel. Peter Taylor's fiction is full of rewards." --The New York Times Book Review "A Summons to Memphisis like a leisurely port wine sipped slowly and with pleasure beneath a blackjack oak." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Something of a miracle.... [A Summons to Memphis] is a work that manages to summarize and embody its author's entire career." --The Washington Post Book World, "We finish the novel feeling we've not only come to know his characters, but also come to share their inner truths." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A beautiful ironic novel. Peter Taylor's fiction is full of rewards." -- The New York Times Book Review " A Summons to Memphis is like a leisurely port wine sipped slowly and with pleasure beneath a blackjack oak." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "Something of a miracle.... [ A Summons to Memphis ] is a work that manages to summarize and embody its author's entire career." -- The Washington Post Book World
Lccn
86-045417
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Vintage International Ser.
Dewey Edition
19

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by tfbaMay 25, 2016
“A Summons to Memphis” by Peter Taylor, 1986
“A Summons to Memphis” by Peter Taylor, 1986 Here we have wealthy eighty one-year-old dad wanting to marry a much younger woman. The two daughters fear for their inheritance. Dad and daughters live in Memphis. Our protagonist is the son who lives in Manhattan. The son is, of course, summoned to Memphis. In two hundred pages of digression we have a biographical sketch of the Carver family et al. I have read elsewhere that this is a biographical sketch of the author but this is beyond the scope of my interests. What does interest me are the “truths” and insights that I found between the covers: The father set out to dissuade his daughter from her chosen “young man”. Dad begins by reviewing, in depth, all of the “young mans” positive attributes. Only after this does Dad begin to point out the young mans grievous defects. Me think there be a powerful message here . . . There is a difference between "enduring" a situation or circumstance and "dealing" with it . . . (and then, of course, there would be anticipating said situation or circumstance and deciding to take a “pro active” position). . . . the best human being is that one who adjusts best to the changing circumstances of life . . . “Forgetting the injustices and seeming injustices which one suffered from one’s parents during childhood and youth must be the major part of any maturing process.” I liked this book, as there was much to think about. I am giving it five starsRead full review
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by sincalirville1Jul 18, 2023
Never heard of the author or book before but well worth the read.
Pulitzer prize winning novels came up in a conversation and this was mentioned by someone who did not like it. Sounded interesting to me so I ordered it. The story took subtle changes from where I originally thought it would go and pleasantly surprised me. The motives for what the characters did came into question as a consistent plot device. Glad I read it. Hated the title.
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by reneejmitchell0...Aug 24, 2017
Pleased with purchase
Book came quickly and is in excellent condition. Almost through reading and am enjoying book a lot. Well written and thought provoking characters.
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