Jack of Diamonds, and Other Stories (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Spencer
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Time of Work: The 1950's to the 1980's
- Setting: Canada, the United States, and Italy
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Family or family life, Twentieth century, Marriage, Alienation, 1980’s, Isolation, Societies
- Locales: United States, Canada, Italy
Born and educated in Mississippi, Elizabeth Spencer later lived in Italy, married an Englishman, and settled permanently in Montreal. Her work reflects the breadth of her experience. Although her first three novels were set in her native state, the Jamesian short novel for which she is best known, The Light in the Piazza (1960), and the work that succeeded it, Knights and Dragons (1965), were both stories of American women in Italy, while The Snare (1972) took place in New Orleans. Even though Spencer returned to Mississippi for the setting of The Salt Line...
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