Pat Conroy: A Critical Companion

by Landon C. Burns

Book Overview

No one who has read Pat Conroy's novels of family wounds and healing can fail to be moved by their emotional appeal. But Conroy is also a major contemporary American novelist who follows in the tradition of Southern fiction established by William Faulkner and Thomas Wolfe. This companion is the first book-length study of his work. It explores the recurring motifs in his fiction and his special writing talents as a prose stylist of uncommon distinction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313294194
• ISBN13: 9780313294198
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"