Blood Tie

by Mary Lee Settle

Overview

1978 National Book Award for Fiction - Settle has done a remarkable job of capturing a culture that is, in a sense, the most important character in her book.--New York Times

In a novel that begins with accidental death and ends with deliberate murder, an ecclectic collection of American and European expatriates take refuge in an ancient Turkish city and wreak havoc on the Aegean paradise. At first the characters, who range from a former accountant to a petulant heiress, appear to have little in common, but as the novel progresses their motives and desires cross and blend in an eerie, sometimes comic geometry of misunderstanding. In this award-winning work of fiction, Mary Lee Settle reveals new life springing forth from death and change while establishing blood as the only tie that endures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570030970
Publisher:	University of South Carolina Press
Publication date:	10/01/1995
Series:	Mary Lee Settle Collection
Edition description:	1st University of South Carolina Press e
Pages:	386
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mary Lee Settle's major work is The Beulah Quintet, and her Blood Tie was the winner of the National Book Award. Settle has received an Award for Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and awards from the Southern Regional Council, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Merrill Foundation. She is the founder of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The author, most recently, of Choices, Settle's backlist is published with new introductions by the author by the University of South Carolina Press. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

What People are Saying About This

Vance Bourjaily

"In this novel are all the kinds of wisdom that matter... perfectly dramatized in the interwoven stories of a fascinating collection of characters told in brilliant, lucid prose."

Ann Beattie

"A complex, startling novel....This story was so real, I felt that I was looking at it rather than reading about it; I felt I could reach out and touch it."

Editorial Reviews

These titles represent Settle's work from the 1950s to the 1980s. The novels cover a wide range of subjects but are mostly concerned with the heroine's "search for love, faith, and a sense of belonging" (LJ 9/1/86).

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