Welty is on home ground in the state of Mississippi in this collection of sevenstories. She portrays the MacLains the Starks the Moodys and other familiesof the... » 

Welty is on home ground in the state of Mississippi in this collection of sevenstories. She portrays the MacLains the Starks the Moodys and other familiesof the fictitious town of Morgana. I doubt that a better book about theSouthone that more completely gets the feel of the particular texture ofSouthern life and its special tone and patternhas ever been written NewYorker. «