Georgia Boy is a great example of Erskine Caldwell's "Tales of the South", or "Tales of My Boyhood", haha. You have to take him with a grain of salt, but I consider him one of the best Southern writers. He intertwines humor w/ stark and sometimes brutal reality, his dad the eternal optimist. Def recommend/5(29). · Georgia Boy was a special book to Caldwell, and its humor is less in the service of social criticism than in other works in which he dealt with poor white southerners. Beneath Georgia Boy's folksy lightheartedness, however, lie the problems of indigence, racism, and apathy that Caldwell confronted again and again in his bltadwin.ru: University of Georgia Press. · Equal parts burlesque, farce, and tall tale, Erskine Caldwell's interrelated short story collection Georgia Boy () finds its author near the peak of his writing talent. Young William Stroup, the observant only child of a poor Georgia family, narrates the fourteen stories/5(3).
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Georgia Boy by Erskine Caldwell (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Equal parts burlesque, farce, and tall tale, Erskine Caldwell's interrelated short story collection Georgia Boy () finds its author near the peak of his writing talent. Young William Stroup, the observant only child of a poor Georgia family, narrates the fourteen stories. Told with the polish and moral resonance of fables, Georgia Boy captures the beauty and tragedy of life in the rural South during the twentieth century. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erskine Caldwell including rare photos and never-before-seen documents courtesy of the Dartmouth College Library.
Georgia Boy is a great example of Erskine Caldwell's "Tales of the South", or "Tales of My Boyhood", haha. You have to take him with a grain of salt, but I consider him one of the best Southern writers. He intertwines humor w/ stark and sometimes brutal reality, his dad the eternal optimist. Def recommend. Read more. Georgia Boy was a special book to Caldwell, and its humor is less in the service of social criticism than in other works in which he dealt with poor white southerners. Beneath Georgia Boy's folksy lightheartedness, however, lie the problems of indigence, racism, and apathy that Caldwell confronted again and again in his fiction. Georgia Boy (Mass Market Paperback) Published February by New American Library. A Signet Book #, First Signet Printing, Mass Market Paperback, pages. Author (s): Erskine Caldwell, Birger Lundquist (Illustrator) Edition language: English. Average rating.
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