num_pages: 368
description: From the grand master of the American short story, these fourteen tales of domestic life in the South during the thirties and forties explore that extraordinary world of manners, expectations and unspoken understanding. The reader is drawn as if by magnetic force into a world rendered in breathtaking, painterly detail. These stories are marvelous entertainments, rich with amusement, yet Taylor renders his characters truly and understands them in a profoundly meaningful way.
language: English
title: The Old Forest and Other Stories
titlecomplete: The Old Forest and Other Stories
genres: Classics, Anthologies, Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 368
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Lillian Smith Book Award
publisher: Picador