A Southern Exposure.
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma |
| Publication | World Literature Today |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0196-3570 |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | v70 |
| Issue | n3 |
| Published | 1996-06-22 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Reviewee | n/a | Alice Adams |
| Author | n/a | B.A. St. Andrews |
In A Southern Exposure, her ninth novel and arguably among her best, Alice Adams focuses away from contemporary San Francisco and takes her readers on a tour through time and place. Wearied by the Great Depression and hounded by creditors, Harry and Cynthia Baird escape with their daughter Abigail to exchange the social and fiscal confines of privileged Connecticut for those of North Carolina. Seeming to have strayed away from a cocktail party hosted by Jay Gatsby, the Bairds find themselves at an equally bored, equally dangerous Southern fete.
This comparison to Fitzgerald is...
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