The Stars of the South

by Julien Green

This sequel to Julian Green's epic novel of the antebellum South, The Distant Lands, opens with the last tense moments of peace that led up to the final confrontation and all-out war between the North and South. As one state after another secedes from the Union, the gracious-living aristocracy of the old South goes on dancing and feasting and intriguing among themselves as never before. Once again we meet the personages of The Distant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714529850
• ISBN13: 9780714529851
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers
• Length: 651 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

literate but disturbing

I read this right after I finished The Distant Lands, inspired to read both books by news of the author's deaath in Paris on August 13. So I have read some 1500 pages of Green since he died. Some of the things in this book were annoying, but if one looks at the whole as painting a picture I believe one can see a reason for the sometimes tedious detail. His characters sure do a lot of kissing, and apparently the central character and her husband were more uxorious than the usual fictional characters, which is saying quite a bit.