Swamp Water
A Novel
Published on 1. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-8203-3269-7 (ISBN)
Description
Swamp Water, the first novel by a young native of south Georgia, was an immediate critical and financial success. The setting is the mysterious Okefenokee in southern Georgia-"the Swamp that pulled a man down and never let him go." Movie versions were made in 1941 (by Jean Renoir) and in 1951.
Reviews / Votes
Swamp Water is, in a sense, melodrama-a fast, taut, somewhat lurid yarn. . . . Mr. Bell, however, knows his people and his background so thoroughly, writes with so much simplicity and directness and such a complete lack of sensationalism, that his story is lifted above the category of the merely thrilling and picturesque. Swamp Water, in fact, is not only a very good tale but very nearly a brilliant one. -- <i>New York Times</i> This is the sort of American story Americans take to their bosoms, and with good reason. -- <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Georgia
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8203-3269-7 (9780820332697)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
VEREEN BELL (1911-1944) wrote fiction and magazine articles set in the outdoors of the American South. His books include Swamp Water, Two of a Kind, and Brag Dog and Other Stories. Bell served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was killed in action during the Battle for Leyte Gulf.