The Wintering by Joan Williams

The Wintering by Joan Williams

Looking to novelist Jeffrey Almoner for advice and inspiration, Amy Howard writes him a letter full of the pain and joy of her youth. Soon the two are meeting clandestinely, finding themselves drawn into an affair complicated by the difference in age and his marriage.

Williams, Joan: - Joan Williams (1928-2004) was an acclaimed author of short stories and novels, including The Morning and the Evening, a finalist for the National Book Award, and The Wintering, a roman ü¾Œ†”¼ clef based on her relationship with William Faulkner. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, and educated at Bard College in upstate New York, Williams was greatly influenced by the legacy of her mother's rural Mississippi upbringing and set much of her fiction in that state. Her numerous honors included the John P. Marquand First Novel Award, a grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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ISBN 13	9780807122273
ISBN 10	0807122270
Title	The Wintering
Author	Joan Williams
Series	Voices Of The South S
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Louisiana State University Press
Year published	1997-09-01
Number of pages	384
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