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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 17, 2011
Pros: Interesting story, rich with imagery and characters with personalities.
Cons: Not for those who want lots of action.
Summary: This was my first book by Eudora Welty. I picked up this book, "The Optimist's Daughter" at a lending library (bring one, take one) recently. It also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973, another positive reason to read it.The book is just over 200 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 27, 2008
Pros: Welty, as usual, delivers quality Americana in a captivating if somewhat dark story.
Cons: Short story but requires patience and time to fully grasp and appreciate while you read.
Summary: As I sit down to write this review, I admit I'm a little at a loss as to where to begin. This was a short novel, yet a complicated story! Eudora Welty, a proliferative writer from Jackson, Mississippi, won the Pulitzer in 1973 for this one, and I'm ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 18, 2001
Pros: Welty wrote some of the finest literature, Southern or otherwise, ever to grace a page
Cons: Miss Welty has gone to that great Library in the Sky
Summary:
Until her death at 92 last month, Eudora Welty had been one of those writers I always told myself I’d “get around to one of these days.” Sadly, it took her death for me to declare, “Today is the day.”
Why is it we always feel a ... read more
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