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A Short History of a Small Place Paperback - 2003
by T. R. Pearson
Marvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of "A Short History of a Small Place" announces the arrival of one of the great Southern voices.
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Marvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of A Short History of a Small Place announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T. R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure place on the literary landscape of the South. In this introduction to Neely, the young narrator, Louis Benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seclusion, returns flamboyantly to public view-with her pet monkey, Mr. Britches. Here is a teeming human comedy inhabited by some of the most eccentric and endearing characters ever encountered in literature.
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- Title A Short History of a Small Place
- Author T. R. Pearson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, New York, New York
- Date 2003-09-30
- ISBN 9780142003626 / 014200362X
- Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 7.82 x 4.98 x 0.72 in (19.86 x 12.65 x 1.83 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Library of Congress subjects City and town life, Humorous fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003278242
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"An absolute stunner . . . In a small place in North Carolina, Pearson has found the stuff of life." (The Washington Post Book World)
"Anyone from anywhere should feel a fond familiarity with the citizens of Neely." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Anyone from anywhere should feel a fond familiarity with the citizens of Neely." (The New York Times Book Review)
Citations
- Booksense '76 Nov/Dec 2003, 11/01/2003, Page 1
- Library Journal, 03/15/2004, Page 112
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