by Eudora Welty · PENGUIN BOOKS LTD · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780146000164
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Why I Live at the P.O. is a collection of short stories by American author Eudora Welty, published in 1941. The book includes four stories that capture the heart of the American South: "Why I Live at the P.O.", "Death of a Traveling Salesman", "Shower of Gold", and "Where Is The Voice Coming From?". Welty is known for her skill in portraying a wide range of characters, rich and poor, black and white, with a style marked by her perception of the Southern character, her ear for colloquial speech, and her ability to endow her portraits of small-town life with a universal significance.
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.
