by Eudora Welty · IMPEDIMENTA EDITORIAL S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493711054
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«La hija del optimista» is the novel by Eudora Welty, published by Impedimenta in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
After the death of her father, a retired judge, in New Orleans, Laurel McKelva returns to the family home in Mount Salus, Mississippi, under the gaze of Fay, the young second wife of the deceased. Surrounded by old acquaintances and memories, Laurel confronts the ghosts of her youth and the debts of the past: a story about grief, memory and family in the American South.
Originally published as 'The Optimist's Daughter', it won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1973. Includes translation by José C. Vales, introduction by Félix Romeo and number 24 of the Impedimenta collection.
A read for fans of classic fiction and Southern American literature, with a regular presence in reading clubs.
Eudora Alice Welty was an American short-story writer, novelist, and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the South. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Her house in Jackson, Mississippi, has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public as a house museum.
