"Bowles is apparently the only American writer whose work reflects the xtreme spiritual dislocation (and a philosophical adjustment to it) of our immediate times."
"I regarded her as the greatest living prose writer and the greatest prose writer that the South produced."
"The South once had a way of life that I am just old enough to remember--a culture that had grace, elegance....I write out of regret for that."
"The best of my work, as well as the impulse to work, was a gift from [my father], and now I feel a very deep kinship to him, I almost feel as if I am sitting in the overstuffed chair where he sat, exiled from those I should love and those that ought to love me. For love I make characters in plays. To the world I give suspicion and resentment, mostly. I am not cold. I am never deliberately cruel. But after my morning's work, I have little to give but indifference to people. I try to excuse mysel more...
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The son of a traveling salesman, Thomas Lanier Williams attended the University of Missouri from 1931 to 1933, Washington University (1936-1937), and the University of Iowa, from which he earned his undergraduate degree in 1938. His first published work was an essay in "Smart Set", published by H. L. Mencken. Williams's plays are noted for their Southern themes, their well-drawn women characters, and a certain air of pathos. He won many prizes for his work, including two Drama Critics' Circle Aw more...
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1911 Mississippi, Southeastern States, Southern States, United States,
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I don't like this book. I thought it was dull and heart-wrenching.