{"product_id":"the-optimist-s-daughter-by-eudora-welty-1972-random-house-hardcover-fourth-printing-with-dust-jacket","title":"The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty — 1972 Random House Hardcover, Fourth Printing with Dust Jacket","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eudora Welty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlace:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fourth printing of the original Random House edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with original dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780394480176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0394480171\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the \u003cstrong\u003e1973 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Optimist’s Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Eudora Welty’s most admired and emotionally resonant novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaurel McKelva Hand returns to the South when her aging father, Judge McKelva, undergoes surgery. Following his death, Laurel must confront her difficult and self-absorbed stepmother, Fay, while sorting through the family home and the accumulated memories of her parents, her marriage and the life she left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet largely in the fictional Mississippi town of Mount Salus, the novel is an elegant meditation on grief, memory, family conflict and the ways people preserve—or reshape—the past. Welty brings the world of a Southern family and community to life with psychological insight, restrained humor and finely observed detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel first appeared in a shorter form in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and was revised for publication by Random House in 1972. This copy is the \u003cstrong\u003efourth printing of the original Random House hardcover edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, identified by the number line ending in 4. Its original dust jacket predates the addition of later Pulitzer Prize promotional material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Near Fine hardcover in a Very Good original dust jacket. The book is clean and sound, with a well-preserved interior. The jacket shows light age-toning, mild surface wear and small signs of handling but remains attractive and complete. The dust jacket will be protected in a removable archival Brodart-style covering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy we love this book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis slender novel demonstrates Eudora Welty’s remarkable ability to find emotional depth in domestic experience. The original 1972 Random House format, distinctive period typography and pre-Pulitzer dust jacket make this an appealing copy for readers and collectors of Southern literature, women writers and Pulitzer Prize fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Debs Book Paradise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379392934068,"sku":"205-7","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/9279\/1220\/files\/weltycover.jpg?v=1788919925","url":"https:\/\/debsbookparadise.com\/products\/the-optimist-s-daughter-by-eudora-welty-1972-random-house-hardcover-fourth-printing-with-dust-jacket","provider":"Debs Book Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}