Elizabeth Spencer is “a master storyteller” (
San Francisco Chronicle), her work called “dazzling” by Walker Percy. Whether she’s writing short stories or novels, Spencer is acclaimed for holding her worlds up to light and turning them to see what they reflect.
The Night Travellers, set in North Carolina and Montreal during the Vietnam War years, is her most revealing work yet.
Mary Kerr Harbison is a promising teenaged dancer when she meets Jefferson Blaise, an intellectual radical-in-the-making. He becomes a part of her life and over the objections of Mary’s wealthy, abusive mother, her husband.
But although Jeff’s heart is devoted to Mary, his life is devoted to protesting the Vietnam War—at first through the public rallies, later through guerilla tactics. As Jeff is drawn deeper and deeper into the movement, he and Mary are forced to go underground and eventually move to Canada. Jeff’s activities keep him on the move, and Mary, living in Montreal, struggles to raise her daughter and make a life for herself.
An exploration of a dramatic period in our history,
The Night Travellers is a powerful depiction of lives forever changed by political beliefs and fervidly held convictions.
San Francisco Chronicle), her work called “dazzling” by Walker Percy. Whether she’s writing short stories or novels, Spencer is acclaimed for holding her worlds up to light and turning them to see what they reflect.
The Night Travellers, set in North Carolina and Montreal during the Vietnam War years, is her most revealing work yet.
Mary Kerr Harbison is a promising teenaged dancer when she meets Jefferson Blaise, an intellectual radical-in-the-making. He becomes a part of her life and over the objections of Mary’s wealthy, abusive mother, her husband.
But although Jeff’s heart is devoted to Mary, his life is devoted to protesting the Vietnam War—at first through the public rallies, later through guerilla tactics. As Jeff is drawn deeper and deeper into the movement, he and Mary are forced to go underground and eventually move to Canada. Jeff’s activities keep him on the move, and Mary, living in Montreal, struggles to raise her daughter and make a life for herself.
An exploration of a dramatic period in our history,
The Night Travellers is a powerful depiction of lives forever changed by political beliefs and fervidly held convictions.
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A propos de l’auteur
Elizabeth Spencer (1921–2019) is author of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a memoir, and a play. Her novella The Light in the Piazza (1960) was adapted for the screen in 1962 and transformed into a Broadway musical of the same name in 2005. She was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.Achetez cet ebook et obtenez-en 1 de plus GRATUITEMENT !
Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 384 ● ISBN 9781496801319 ● Taille du fichier 2.1 MB ● Maison d’édition University Press of Mississippi ● Lieu Jackson ● Pays US ● Publié 2012 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 9428059 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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