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"Flood shows, at times brilliantly, how [the nature of joy] may be an overwhelming threat to a man afflicted with self-doubt."▬YALE REVIEW "As always, Warren is extremely skillful at making all the cogs and parts of his story run together as he moves continuously and deftly...between the present and the past."▬ATLANTIC MONTHLY |
FLOOD by Robert Penn Warren Coming from LSU Press, Baton Rouge 70803 September 2003 "Ambitious...broad...compassionate...and intelligent."▬THE NEW REPUBLIC "Ingenious....Warren tells a complicated story and tells it in a complicated way, with many flashbacks and constant changes in point of view, but he is always in control....[He] knows how to write and how to put a novel together."▬SATURDAY REVIEW Originally published in 1963, this powerful novel spools a rewarding, dramatic storyline while it probes the deeper philosophical search for self-definition in modern life and the symbolic demise of the agrarian South from technological progress. Flood begins with the arrival of two men in a small Tennessee town―Brad Tolliver, long absent native son and successful screenwriter, and Yasha Jones, famous director and stranger to the region. Their purpose is to create a great film about the town, which will soon vanish when the massive dam being built downriver is completed. The town's inhabitants come vividly to life as past and present forces prepare them for a climactic new beginning to their world. |
