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At least, that is what it ended up being. I didn't rate this book of short stories because I just finished the second one, which happens to be the title story, "The Wide Net." It is about a young man who becomes angry with his pregnant wife and decides to go on an all-night toot. Now I have finished the eight stories and can say that the title story was a great indicator of the great pleasure that I would derive in reading the rest of the collection. I didn't rate this book of short stories because I just finished the second one, which happens to be the title story, "The Wide Net." It is about a young man who becomes angry with Earlier I reviewed the title story (see below) before I had finished reading the entire collection. Both roles are apparent in this work.moreĮarlier I reviewed the title story (see below) before I had finished reading the entire collection. I see that Welty is considered a folklorist I would add she’s also a mythologist. Welty is not one to repeat herself in details or in writing styles. Those adjectives also describe the individual stories themselves. Speaking of the title story, “the wide net” could describe Welty’s array of well-drawn, differentiated characters. A marker I discovered in a cypress/tupelo swamp indicated where the Pearl River once flowed and brought to my mind the antics of the young men in the title story. During our hikes, I envisioned being in the areas Aaron Burr might have been-and was- (there’s a marker near a gully of the old Trace where he was arrested), as well as imagining Welty’s fictional meeting-place of nonfictional people: Audubon Lorenzo Dow, a traveling preacher and a horse thief and potential murderer named Murrell. I decided upon a second read as preparation for a recent trip along the Natchez Trace. Each story, except one (which is set in a bar in New Orleans), is set in and around the Natchez Trace, including a couple of very interesting ones with historical figures as characters (Aaron Burr in one, Audubon in another, as well as real lesser-knowns) and another (possibly my favorite) that uses Greek mythological elements and a Greek chorus for the contemporary story of the town "Queen," a Hera-like harridan. The Wide Net is another wonderful collection. Here’s what I wrote of the collection after my first reading: Even though it’s only her second collection, Welty already displays a mastery of the form. Each story, except one (which is set in a bar in New Orleans), is set in and around the Natchez Trace, including a couple of very interesting one Perhaps this isn’t a five-star collection compared to others written by Welty, but compared to other collections written by other writers, it definitely is. Here’s what I wrote of the collection after my first reading: The Wide Net is another wonderful collection. Just don't see anyone ever getting to see this ETV program again.Perhaps this isn’t a five-star collection compared to others written by Welty, but compared to other collections written by other writers, it definitely is. And how about our crickets? Again, only "Places in the Heart" which was in Texas, seemed to realize that bugs are prevalent in these climates. I don't even think Texas has what the southern region has in buildings and flora.
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Still the quaint southern locale is only found in the south. The only hindrance is the husband's immediate leap from "My wife has jumped into the river" to "We have to drag the river." Apparently he has already given her up for being dead. I thought the night scenes in "Intruder in The Dust" were more chilling than anything in "Blair Witch Project". Other Mississippi films are "Oh, Brother, Where ARt Thou?" and "Intruder IN The Dust" as well as "Sounder" filmed in Louisiana. Filmed in Mississippi, the lush countryside is spectacular in a way Hollywood could never recreate, from open fields to the river dragging to the dirt roads. The husband and his friend, Virgil (Tim Ransom), begin dragging the river for her body and uncover a large bounty of fish in the process, hence the title the net they used. It is the story of a wife (Sedgwick) who feels her husband (Tubb) is ignoring her, but not in an adulterous way, so she leaves a note threatening suicide by jumping in the river. This Eudora WElty story was set in the '30's or '40's of Mississippi and the director was Wiggins, Mississippi native Anthony Hererra.