A Summons to Memphis

Name: A Summons to Memphis
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Peter Taylor
ISBN: 9781436147651

Author: Peter Taylor

Narrator: Boyd Gaines

Unabridged: 6 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/19/2008

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Born in 1917, Tennessee author Peter Taylor won the Pulitzer Prize for this exceptional work of literature. The New York Times Book Review calls this "a beautiful ironic novel," and Kirkus Reviews hails it as "every inch the classic." The well-to-do Carver family moves to Memphis from Nashville, where they become embroiled in a domestic dispute over the widower patriarch's decision to remarry.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on August 20, 2019

A brief, leisurely novel written by a master of the short story, A Summons to Memphis is an excellent example of what Henry James referred to as "the beautiful and blessed nouvelle." The narrator Phillip, a New York City book editor, is the son of imposing Memphis lawyer George Carver. Phillip retur......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 01, 2021

I hoped that A Summons to Memphis would be better than I felt it was after I read it. I could never grow attached to the protagonist Phillip or his father or the two sisters. The first half of the book was, frankly, boring rich people’s problems. Towards the end it got a little more interesting but,......more

Goodreads review by Glenn on July 17, 2016

Memphis Beau Do we ever get over the pain and betrayals – or what we remember as the pain and betrayals – from childhood? That’s one of the themes in this quiet, nuanced and beguiling novel by Peter Taylor, who’s best known for his short stories about genteel, upper class Southerners. Middle-aged edi......more