Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Road is the story of the Lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute that most of their
creditors have given up on them. Debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness, the Lesters are preoccupied by their hunger, sexual longings, and fear that they will one day
descend to a lower rung on the social ladder than the black families who live near them.
Caldwell’s skillful use of dialect and his plain style make the book one of the best examples of literary naturalism in contemporary American fiction. The novel was adapted as a successful play in
1933.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Caldwell displays a talent which is unique.” —New York Times
“A good many people will be shocked, but it is a story of force and beauty.” —New York Post
“Mr. Caldwell’s humor, like Mark Twain’s, has its source in an imagination that stirs the emotions of the reader.” —New York Herald Tribune
“An original, mature approach to people who ignore the civilization that contains them as completely as it ignores them.” —Nation
“Caldwell’s book is…well served by this classy performance, which manages to highlight the realism amid the rambunctiousness.” —AudioFile
Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987) was an American author known for his writings about poverty, racism, and social problems in his native South. As one of the first authors to be
published in mass-market paperback editions, he is a key figure in the history of American publishing. Three of his books were made into movies, and the stage adaption of Tobacco Road made
American theater history when it ran for seven-and-a-half years on Broadway.
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Category:
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Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
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Blackstone Publishing
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ISBN:
9781470886554
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English
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