Bitterweed Path: A Rediscovered Novel

by Thomas Hal Phillips

Book Overview

This long out-of-print and newly rediscovered novel tells the story of two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. Originally published in 1950, the novel's unique contribution lies in its subtle engagement of homosexuality and cross-class love. In The Bitterweed Path, Thomas Hal Phillips vividly recreates rural Mississippi at the turn of the century. In elegant prose, he draws on the Old Testament...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807845957
• ISBN13: 9780807845950
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.0"