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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The world is not real because it isn't like Fiddlersburg. Fidllersburg is not real because it isn't like the world. And now Fiddlersburg is going to be flooded behind a TVA dam. Flood is solid Warren. A place makes a man, no matter where that man goes. But the man no longer belongs. Does the place need to be in The South. It helps. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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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. No library descriptions found. |
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