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In this compelling book, Phillips's last published novel, we are intrigued by a compassionate executioner whose macabre duty with a portable electric chair is thwarted by his overwhelming love for the unloved. First published in 1955 by Harper & Brothers, this hauntingly authentic novel explores the complex and mercurial nature of human emotions. Classically stark like Phillips's other novels, this is a tragic story told by Max Harper, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper. He lives with his parents and brother on land owned by a benevolent planter named Acroft. It seems a great wrong for a boy so warm and intelligent to be crushed in the pit of poverty. Despite the unbridled contempt Acroft's bullying son Vance inflicts on the Harper family, the young Max remains sensitive and restrained. However, Vance's scorn for Max fuels an antagonism that leads to a tragic and violent death. After publishing The Loved and the Unloved, Phillips turned toward Hollywood and writing for the screen. As a rising southern star in the years following World War II, he was celebrated and watched. For his singular talent a reviewer for the New York Herald Tribune said Phillips was "a keener, more compassionate observer of life than a whole cottonfield full of younger southern novelists."--Provided by publisher Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia: Nessun voto.Sei tu?Diventa un autore di LibraryThing. |