by Eudora Welty · Mariner Books Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780156729154
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«The Ponder Heart» is the humorous novel by Eudora Welty, published by Mariner Books Classics in paperback (168 pages, in English).
Edna Earle Ponder narrates in a Mississippi town the story of her uncle Daniel, whose excessive generosity and habit of giving away his possessions make him a character as beloved as he is problematic. Tried for the alleged murder of his young wife, the trial reveals misunderstandings and secrets that portray family and community life with irony.
The work was originally published in 1954, received the William Dean Howells Medal, and includes illustrations by Joe Krush.
Suitable for readers of Southern fiction and satirical humor.
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.
