Jordan County A Novel
Jordan County A Novel by Shelby Foote, published by National Geographic Books on June 2, 1992, is a fictional chronicle set in Mississippi that explores the profound impacts of slavery, war, and Reconstruction. This edition spans 304 pages and presents a narrative landscape through seven interconnected stories that traverse time from 1950 back to 1797. The characters are varied, including a black horn player facing tuberculosis and jealousy, a troubled aristocrat, and a frontiersman who witnesses the destruction of his plantation at the end of the Civil War.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of life in Jordan County, where the weight of history is palpable. Foote’s prose carries a gravity reminiscent of Biblical texts, delving into the complexities of human experience shaped by historical events. The stories reflect a deep understanding of how the past influences individual lives, showcasing themes of trauma and resilience. This edition offers a unique contribution to literary fiction, drawing on the traditions of notable authors while maintaining its distinct voice.
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Before Shelby Foote under took his epic history of the Civil War, he wrote this fictional chronicle — “a landscape in narrative” — of Jordan County, Mississippi, a place where the traumas of slavery, war, and Reconstruction are as tangible as rock formations. The seven stories in Jordan County move backward in time, from 1950 to 1797, and through the lives of characters as diverse as a black horn player doomed by tuberculosis and convulsive jealousy, a tormented and ineffectual fin-de-siecle aristocrat, and a half-wild frontiersman who builds a plantation in Choctaw territory only to watch it burn at the close of the Civil War. In prose of almost Biblical gravity; and with a deep knowledge of the ways in which history shapes human lives — and sometimes warps them beyond repair — Foote gives us an ambitious, troubling work of fiction that builds on the traditions of William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor but that is resolutely unique.
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