Books by Mississippi Writers 1996-2010
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Creation Date
10-1-2002
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By Ellen Gilchrist Voices of the South Series Louisiana State University Press (Paperback, $26.95, ISBN: 0807128295, 10/2002) First published in 1981 In the Land of Dreamy Dreams is Ellen Gilchrist’s fabled first collection of stories, the book that won her acclaim in 1981 and to which each of her subsequent works has been compared. Peopled largely with young southern females who chafe against the restrictions of their upper-class lives, these stories convey the humor and tragedy to be found wherever retreat into imagination is preferred over reality. Introduced here are Nora Jane Whittington, Rhoda Manning, and other recurring Gilchrist characters beloved for their failures, tenacity, and all-too-human hope in the face of frustrated love.
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