Post by CrepedCrusader on Oct 13, 2019 22:48:27 GMT
It's one of the longest English-language novels, first published in 1952. It comes in at a whopping 1,731 pages (in two volumes). Some of the language is "of it's time" (e.g. free use of the n-word to describe the book's black characters), but it's a great book, IMO. Here's the synopsis from Wikipedia, which I added myself years ago when I saw that there was none (all except the little bit after the semicolon near the end, which another user added on later):
"Follows the fortunes and failures of the citizens of Sironia, Texas in the early years of the 20th century. Though just a young child at the story's beginning, Tam Lipscomb, the son of a prosperous merchant, will go on to become the novel's central character. Also covered are the lives of the "Hill Families" (the Thaxtons, Storrows and Hadyns), Sironia's version of royalty and three branches of the old Reardon family tree. Likewise the town's black folk are followed in their own triumphs and defeats; they experience success in family life and also bitter racism due to interracial marriage."
The book is long out-of-print, and there is no audiobook version that I can find. You can read the book on the Internet Archive for free (you have to sign in to "check out" either of the two volumes for 14 days). Here are the links:
Volume 1
archive.org/details/sironiatexas00coop
Volume 2
archive.org/details/sironiatexasvolu00coop
"Follows the fortunes and failures of the citizens of Sironia, Texas in the early years of the 20th century. Though just a young child at the story's beginning, Tam Lipscomb, the son of a prosperous merchant, will go on to become the novel's central character. Also covered are the lives of the "Hill Families" (the Thaxtons, Storrows and Hadyns), Sironia's version of royalty and three branches of the old Reardon family tree. Likewise the town's black folk are followed in their own triumphs and defeats; they experience success in family life and also bitter racism due to interracial marriage."
The book is long out-of-print, and there is no audiobook version that I can find. You can read the book on the Internet Archive for free (you have to sign in to "check out" either of the two volumes for 14 days). Here are the links:
Volume 1
archive.org/details/sironiatexas00coop
Volume 2
archive.org/details/sironiatexasvolu00coop