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Cakewalk

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Cakewalk

By Lee Smith

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About the book

First published in 1982, Cakewalk was the first short story collection by iconic Southern writer Lee Smith. Comic and observant, Smith's fourteen tales in Cakewalk introduce readers to a host of memorable Southern characters. Her protagonists include aging gossips, a soap opera-hooked housewife, a runaway teenager, and divergent sisters in various combinations. Smith's gutsy Southern women don't always triumph, but, with her sympathetic portrayals, readers gain appreciation for the merits of spi...Show more

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ISBN

9781611174199

Publisher

University of South Carolina Press

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Cakewalk

Format

Paperback

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