Eudora Welty – Delta Wedding
Eudora Welty considered herself “a short-story writer who writes novels the hard way, and by accident…”, but readers lucky enough to have discovered her work consider this, her second novel, to be something quite special. A richly atmospheric portrayal of a crowded Mississippi family coming together for a sometimes fraught celebration, Delta Wedding is a rare mixture of luminous writing, colourful characterisation and unsentimental warmth.