In the land of dreamy dreams : stories / Ellen Gilchrist ; with a new introduction by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilchrist, Ellen, 1935-2024, author.

Series:

Southern revival series

Southern Revival series

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City and town life--Louisiana--New Orleans--Fiction.

City and town life.

New Orleans (La.)--Fiction.

New Orleans (La.).

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xvi, 167 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2016]

Summary:

" In her 1981 collection of stories, In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, Ellen Gilchrist writes about New Orleans as no other writer. Laced with envy, greed, lust, terror, and self-deceit, her stories will shock and compel readers. Gilchrist's characters, women who dream of independent lives beyond the shadows of their husbands and fathers, resort to outrageous schemes in pursuit of freedom and fulfillment, despite the consequences. The range of emotions and realities encompassed by Gilchrist's work is suggested by the story titles: "Rich," "There's a Garden of Eden," "The Famous Poll at Jody's Bar," "In the Land of Dreamy Dreams," "Suicides," "1957, a Romance," "Generous Pieces," "Indignities," "Revenge," "Perils of the Nile," "Traveler," and "Summer, an Elegy." "-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in 1981 by the University of Arkansas Press, In the Land of Dreamy Dreams almost overnight became a literary sensation, a first book of fiction (Gilchrist had previously published a volume of poetry) that announced a major new voice in southern, and more generally American, literature"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781611176612

1611176611

OCLC:

927379852