Chatting Books Online Year 2 , Day 16. Today's recommended book is: A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey through a real and imagined itinerary landscape by W. Ralph Eubanks.
In this book W. Ralph Eubanks takes us on a journey through Mississippi and the books that it has inspired. The sense of place plays such a big part in Southern Literature and particularly in stories set in Mississippi , this book helps illuminate that influence. From the writing of classic Mississippi authors like Eudora Welty and William Faulkner to contemporary authors like Greg isles, John Grisham , Richard Grant, Julia Reed and Natasha Trethaway and so many in between. Some authors set their books in real places like Natchez, and others use real Mississippi as a template for a make believe place like Yoknapatawpha , either way Mississippi is unmistakable as a character in the story.
In reading this book i actually made a list of places to travel (short trip to Oxford in the planning stages already) and books to either read or re-read (why have I never read North Toward Home by Willie Morris or The Snopes Family stories by Faulkner?). It was a great way to gain an insight into our neighboring state and the authors it has given us . .
This hardcover book is 268 pages and currently sells for $27.95 a copy.
To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.
