Country Place: A Novel

Ann Petry's classic 1947 novel Country Place depicts a predominantly white community disillusioned by small-town life. Johnnie Roane returns from military service to his wife, Glory, but something sinister has taken place during his absence. Accompanied by a new foreword from Farah Jasmine Griffin, the novel complicates and builds on Petry's legacy.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 288 pages
\n Publication date: 30 March 2019
\n Publisher: Northwestern University Press
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Originally published in 1947, Ann Petry's classic novel Country Place portrays a predominantly white community disillusioned by the indignities and corruption of small-town life. Johnnie Roane returns from four years of military service in World War II to his wife, Glory. They had been married just a year when he left Lennox, Connecticut, where both their families live and work. In his taxi ride home, Johnnie receives foreboding hints that all has not been well in his absence. Eager to mend his fraying marriage, Johnnie attempts to cajole Glory to recommit to their life together. But something sinister has taken place during the intervening years—an infidelity that has not gone unnoticed in the superficially placid New England town. Accompanied by a new foreword from Farah Jasmine Griffin on the enduring legacy of Petrys oeuvre, Country Place complicates and builds on the legacy of a literary celebrity and one of the foremost African American writers of her time.

Originally published in 1947, Ann Petry's classic novel Country Place portrays a predominantly white community disillusioned by the indignities and corruption of small-town life. Johnnie Roane returns from four years of military service in World War II to his wife, Glory. They had been married just a year when he left Lennox, Connecticut, where both their families live and work. In his taxi ride home, Johnnie receives foreboding hints that all has not been well in his absence. Eager to mend his fraying marriage, Johnnie attempts to cajole Glory to recommit to their life together. But something sinister has taken place during the intervening years—an infidelity that has not gone unnoticed in the superficially placid New England town. Accompanied by a new foreword from Farah Jasmine Griffin on the enduring legacy of Petrys oeuvre, Country Place complicates and builds on the legacy of a literary celebrity and one of the foremost African American writers of her time.

\n Weight: 398g\n
Dimension: 153 x 227 x 21 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780810139763\n \n