9780807119303. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 310. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 310 p. Voices of the South. The eight stories and one short play that make up this book revolve around black and white families who once lived in the small town of Thornton Tennessee. The stories . . . are outwardly simple but psychologically complex and powerful and under the surface of events in the regions he knows best the author discloses the universal longings of the human heart .--New York Times.