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Peter Taylor

3.7/5 ( ratings)
Born
January 07 1917
Died
0101 11 19941994
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor was a U.S. author and writer. Considered to be one of the finest American short story writers, Taylor's fictional milieu is the urban South. His characters, usually middle or upper class people, often are living in a time of change and struggle to discover and define their roles in society.
Peter Taylor also wrote three novels, including A Summons to Memphis in 1986, for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and In the Tennessee Country in 1994. His collection The Old Forest and Other Stories won the PEN/Faulkner Award. Taylor taught literature and writing at Kenyon and the University of Virginia.

Peter Taylor

3.7/5 ( ratings)
Born
January 07 1917
Died
0101 11 19941994
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor was a U.S. author and writer. Considered to be one of the finest American short story writers, Taylor's fictional milieu is the urban South. His characters, usually middle or upper class people, often are living in a time of change and struggle to discover and define their roles in society.
Peter Taylor also wrote three novels, including A Summons to Memphis in 1986, for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and In the Tennessee Country in 1994. His collection The Old Forest and Other Stories won the PEN/Faulkner Award. Taylor taught literature and writing at Kenyon and the University of Virginia.

Books from Peter Taylor

A Summons to Memphis

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Old Forest and Other Stories

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Granta Book of the American Short Story

4/5 ( ratings)

A Woman of Means: A Novel

3.5/5 ( ratings)

In the Tennessee Country

3.4/5 ( ratings)

In the Miro District and Other Stories

4.1/5 ( ratings)

The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court: Stories

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The Widows of Thornton

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Complete Stories 1938–1959: A Spinster’s Tale / What You Hear from ’Em? / Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time / Miss Leonora When Last Seen / Other Stories

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Complete Stories 1960-1992: Dean of Men / In the Miro District / The Old Forest / Other Stories

4/5 ( ratings)

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4/5 ( ratings)

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5/5 ( ratings)

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A Spinster's Tale

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