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<p><P>One of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner <i>A Summons to Memphis</i> introduces the Carver family, natives of Nashville, residents, with the exception of Phillip, of Memphis, Tennessee.<P>During 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 behing his sisters' concern. While there, Phillip is forced to confront his domineering siblings, a controlling patriarch, and flood of memories from this troubled past.<P>Peter Taylor is one of the masters of Southern literature, whose work stands in the company of Eudora Walty, James Agee, and Walker Percy. In <i>A Summons to Memphis</i>, he composed a richly evocative story of revenge, resolution, and redemption, and gave us a classic work of American literature.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>It seems amazing that only now has Taylorwell advanced in a life that seems as measure

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Author
Peter Taylor, Peter Hillsman Taylor
Publisher
Vintage Books : Division of Random House
Published
1999
Language
EN
ISBN
9780375701177
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
Rating
3.67 / 5 (4,786 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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