Tournament
by:
Shelby Foote (author)
'Tournament' is Shelby Foote's first novel, published originally by Dial Press in 1949. Summa's reprint includes an exclusive preface by the author concerning his literary deveopment and the genesis of 'Tournament' and an introduction by Louis D. Rubin, Jr., the dean of American literature...
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'Tournament' is Shelby Foote's first novel, published originally by Dial Press in 1949. Summa's reprint includes an exclusive preface by the author concerning his literary deveopment and the genesis of 'Tournament' and an introduction by Louis D. Rubin, Jr., the dean of American literature criticism. 'Tournament' is a brilliant novel of the post-Civil War South, replete with Proustian and Faulknerian overtones. Many of the characters that appear in subsequent novels by Shelby Foote come onto the scene for the first time in this work. It is a must acquisition for every fan of Shelby Foote.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780917786563 (0917786564)
Publish date: June 25th 1987
Publisher: Summa Pubns
Pages no: 270
Edition language: English
The audiobook, narrated by Tom Parker (not, sadly, the author – though Mr. Parker does do a wonderful job, I just missed Shelby Foote), begins with a lengthy 1986 preface by the author in which he discusses the genesis of this, his first book, and its impact on all of his other writing. Like many, I...
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