Pariah: And Other Stories

By: Joan Williams

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Synopsis: Ten poignant and perceptive stories from one of the most distinctive voices in Southern literature In these deeply affecting tales, Joan Williams captures with heart-wrenching clarity the pain and confusion of characters struggling to come to terms with a changing world. &“The Morning and the Evening,&” which would later be expanded into Williams&’s award-winning novel of the same name, is an exquisite and unsettling portrait of a mute man&’s isolation. In &“Spring Is Now,&” a Mississippi town grapples with its prejudices as integration becomes a reality. &“No Love for the Lonely&” is the touching and gently humorous story of a bachelor liberated and bewildered by the death of his overbearing sister. In the vivid and unsettling title story, a troubled housewife faces her demons and mourns the life she never had. Graceful, elegiac, and authentic, the stories of Joan Williams are marked by their compassion and clear-eyed insight. With remarkable skill and an astonishing generosity of spirit, she transforms the quiet lives of ordinary men and women into dazzling works of art.

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