A Tidewater Morning

Dec 15, 2025 7:10 PM

Author:William Styron

A Tidewater Morning

In this brilliant collection of 'long short stories', the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sophie's Choice returns to the coastal Virginia setting of his first novels. Through the eyes of a man recollecting three episodes from his youth, William Styron explores with new eloquence death, loss, war and racism.

Reviews

Fuller is a master storyteller. a rollicking picaresque yarn. a portrait of a high-spirted woman, sexually curious and intellectually insatiable

—— Sunday Telegraph

A Moll Flanders of our time. A remarkable piece of work

—— Irish Sunday Independent

Vivid imagery, with lavish attention to details

—— The New York Times

A beautiful, enduring, spiritual song of a novel

—— Andrew O'Hagan

One of the few essential novelists of our time

—— New Statesman

A perceptive, tears-trickling-down-the-side-of-your-nose-on-the-bus brilliant read

—— Company

Moving and intelligent

—— Independent

A poignant tale of life, love and loss

—— Mirror

Traditional, light-hearted romantic fiction at its best

—— Literary Review

Poignant and humorous

—— Now

A buoyant tale that will have you laughing and crying from start to finish

—— Woman's Journal

The twists and turns in the plot will leave you dizzy

—— New Woman

The story is original and the suspense is skilfully built. An infuriatingly enjoyable feel-good read

—— The List

An engaging and original plot

—— New Statesman

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