by Hillary Jordan · Éd. France loisirs · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782298041316
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«Mississippi» is the novel by Hillary Jordan, published by Éd. France loisirs in paperback (391 pages, in French).
The novel is set in the Mississippi Delta in 1946 and follows Laura McAllan, who strives to raise her children on a remote farm. The racial and social tensions of the postwar period in the American South shape daily life, with prejudice, survival, and dignity at the core of a relentless rural story.
This French edition was published in 2010; the original work is Mudbound.
A read for those seeking literary fiction about the American South and the racial and social tensions of the postwar period.
Hillary Jordan is an American novelist. She grew up in Dallas and Muskogee, Oklahoma and now lives in Brooklyn. She received a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. and has written two novels: Mudbound (2008) and When She Woke (2011), and a short story called "Aftermirth". She is currently working on a sequel to Mudbound. She is a 2009 recipient of the Alex Awards.
