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A Summons To Memphis by Peter Taylor, Peter Hillsman Taylor is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Summons To Memphis about?
One of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner A Summons to Memphis introduces the Carver family, natives of Nashville, residents, with the exception of Phillip, of Memphis, Tennessee. "American readers demand novels, and now Peter Taylor has given them one; to say that it is every bit as good as the best of his short stories is the highest compliment it can be paid." — The Washington PostDuring the twilight of a Sunday afternoon in March, New York book editor Phillip Carver receives an urgent phone call from each of his older, unmarried sisters. They plead with Phillip to help avert their widower father's impending remarriage to a younger woman. Hesitant to get embroiled in a family drama, he reluctantly agrees to go back south, only to discover the true motivation behind his sisters' concern. While there, Phillip is forced to confront his domineering siblings, a controlling patriarch, and flood of memories from his troubled past. Peter Taylor is one of the masters of Southern literature, whose work stands in the company of Eudora Welty, James Agee, and Walker Percy. In A Summons to Memphis, he has composed a richly evocative story of revenge, resolution
Who reads A Summons To Memphis?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Peter Taylor, Peter Hillsman Taylor
- Publisher
- Vintage Books : Division of Random House
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780394410623
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (4,786 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13