A Curtain of Green

A Curtain of Green

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name = A Curtain of Green: And Other Stories
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Eudora Welty
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Short story collection
publisher = Doubleday
release_date = 1941
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 324 pp
isbn = NA
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"A Curtain of Green" was the first collection of short stories written by Eudora Welty. In these stories Welty looks at the state of Mississippi through the eyes of its inhabitants, the common people, both black and white, and presents a realistic view of the racial relations that existed at the time. Welty though, looks past race, not overtly focusing on the subject, and sees Mississippi as an often comical world of near magical wonder, that still manages to remain mundane to the characters who inhabit the region. The stories subtly combine myth and reality to create portraits of odd, but undeniable, beauty. One of the finest pieces in the collection is titled "A Worn Path." Welty's skill as a writer perhaps reaches its finest point with this story of an aging woman who faces her greatest obstacle by leaving home.


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