Edisto Revisited A Novel
Edisto Revisited A Novel by Padgett Powell, published by H. Holt in 1996, is a work of fiction that continues the story of Simons Manigault, who is now out of college and grappling with the expectations set by his conventional father. Set along the coast of South Carolina, this narrative explores Simons’s journey as he seeks to carve out his own path, influenced by his hard-drinking mother and a cast of distinctive characters, including Athenia, the longtime caretaker, and Jake, the bartender from his childhood.
In this edition, readers will encounter a blend of sardonic humor and serious undertones as Simons navigates his relationships and the pressures of adulthood. The story introduces new dynamics with characters like his cousin Patricia Hod, while also revisiting familiar faces that shape his experiences. With 145 pages, this novel delves into themes of identity and familial expectations, offering a nuanced portrayal of life in the low country.
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Padgett Powell’s fourth work of fiction picks up several years after his first left off, on a strip of coast in the low country of South Carolina, sometime home to Simons Manigault. Simons is now out of college and trying to forestall the career expected by his ebulliently conventional father. His mother, the hard-drinking literary doctor, favors otherwise and quietly engineers the opening of other avenues to her son. One of these is scandalous.
We meet again Powell’s distinctive supporting cast: the longtime caretaker, Athenia; Jake, the solid bartender of Simons’s childhood hangout, the Baby Grand; the displaced, confused gentry; and the mysterious Taurus, whose lack of presumption marks Simons as both boy and man. A significant newcomer is Simons’s cousin Patricia Hod, depicted with the narrator’s usual combination of sardonic humor and dead seriousness.
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