{"product_id":"a-summons-to-memphis-paperback","title":"A Summons to Memphis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner \u003ci\u003eA Summons to Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the Carver family, natives of Nashville, residents, with the exception of Phillip, of Memphis, Tennessee. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the twilight of a Sunday afternoon in March, New York book editor Phillip Carver receives an urgent phone call from each of his older, unmarried sisters. They plead with Phillip to help avert their widower father's impending remarriage to a younger woman. Hesitant to get embroiled in a family drama, he reluctantly agrees to go back south, only to discover the true motivation behing his sisters' concern. While there, Phillip is forced to confront his domineering siblings, a controlling patriarch, and flood of memories from this troubled past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Taylor is one of the masters of Southern literature, whose work stands in the company of Eudora Walty, James Agee, and Walker Percy. In \u003ci\u003eA Summons to Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e, he composed a richly evocative story of revenge, resolution, and redemption, and gave us a classic work of American literature.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner \"A Summons to Memphis introduces the Carver family, natives of Nashville, residents, with the exception of Phillip, of Memphis, Tennessee. \u003cbr\u003eDuring the twilight of a Sunday afternoon in March, New York book editor Phillip Carver receives an urgent phone call from each of his older, unmarried sisters. They plead with Phillip to help avert their widower father's impending remarriage to a younger woman. Hesitant to get embroiled in a family drama, he reluctantly agrees to go back south, only to discover the true motivation behing his sisters' concern. While there, Phillip is forced to confront his domineering siblings, a controlling patriarch, and flood of memories from this troubled past. \u003cbr\u003ePeter Taylor is one of the masters of Southern literature, whose work stands in the company of Eudora Walty, James Agee, and Walker Percy. In \"A Summons to Memphis, he composed a richly evocative story of revenge, resolution, and redemption, and gave us a classic work of American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Taylor was born in Tennessee in 1917. He was the author of seven books of stories, including \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories of Peter Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e A Long Fourth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Miro District and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Old Forest and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (which won the Pen\/Faulkner Award for fiction in 1985); three novels including \u003ci\u003eA Summons to Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e (which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987); and three books of plays. Mr. Taylor taught at Harvard University, the University of North Carolina, and Kenyon College, from which he graduated in 1940. Before his death in 1994, he was Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.02 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (1987)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Summons to Memphis\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52406021390641,"sku":"9780375701177","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/b1NXOU5ubFAxTWJoTmYvTVN0Q2EwQT09.webp?v=1768940955","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/a-summons-to-memphis-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}