Farewell

Description:

In his plays and films, Foote has returned over and over again to Wharton, Texas, where he was born and where he lives, once again, in the house in which he grew up. Now for the first time, in Farewell, Foote turns to prose to tell his own story and the stories of the real people who have inspired his characters. Foote beautifully maintains the child's-eye view, so that we gradually discover, as did he, that something was wrong with his Brooks uncles, that none of them proved able to keep a job or stay married or quit drinking. We see his growing understanding of all sorts of trouble - poverty, racism, injustice, martial strife, depression and fear. His memoir is both a celebration of the immense importance of community in our earlier history and evidence that even a strong community cannot save a lost soul.

subjects: 20th century,  American Dramatists,  Biography,  Childhood and youth,  Dramatists, American,  Family,  Homes and haunts,  Intellectual life,  Screenwriters,  Social life and customs,  United States,  Families,  New York Times reviewed,  Dramatists, biography,  Texas, social life and customs,  Dramaturges américains,  Biographies,  Scénaristes,  Mœurs et coutumes,  Familles,  Homes,  Manners and customs

People: Horton Foote

Places: Texas,  United States,  Wharton,  Wharton (Tex.)

Times: 20th century