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A turn in the South / V.S. Naipaul.
LIBRA Special F216.2 .N35 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018.
- Series:
- Vintage International (Series)
- Vintage international
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018.
- Travel.
- Civilization.
- Southern States--Civilization--20th century.
- Southern States--Social life and customs--1865-.
- Southern States.
- Manners and customs.
- Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018--Travel--Southern States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 307 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First Vintage international edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books, 1990.
- Summary:
- Naipaul brings his unique intellect and insight to bear on the complex, often hidden life and culture of the South. His is a break-out book that speaks directly to the American audience.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Downhome : a landscape of small ruins
- 1. Atlanta : tuning in
- 2. Charleston : The religion of the past
- 3. Tallahassee : the truce with irrationality, I
- 4. Tuskegee : the truce with irrationality, II
- 5. Jackson, Mississippi : the frontier, the heartland
- 6. Nashville : sanctities
- 7. Chapel Hill : smoke.
- Notes:
- "A portion of this work was originally published in the New Yorker"--Title page verso.
- ISBN:
- 0679724885
- 9780679724889
- OCLC:
- 20258707
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