Fascinating look at the Percys. As for the 1927 flood, you could add to the reading list Faulkner's "The Wild Palms," in which (in one of the story lines) a convict is sent off into the flood waters to rescue a pregnant woman. It includes this gem of a sentence about the river:
"... it occurred to him that the present condition was no phenomenon of a decade, but that the intervening years during which it consented to bear upon its placid and sleepy bosom the frail mechanicals of man's clumsy contriving was the phenomenon and this the norm and the river was now doing what it liked to do, had waited patiently the ten years in order to do, as a mule will work for you ten years for the privilege of kicking you once."
Marvelous! I confess I've not read "Wild Palms," but I am eager to. In fact, I have a Jesuit friend who spent one summer reading all of Faulkner. I would really like to attempt this myself someday, but I think it really helps to be a Jesuit first!
It's sort of sad, but hard not to appreciate the family's choice.
A similar choice was made in Savannah, Georgia, when fans of "Midnight... Good... Evil..." couldn't bring themselves to remember that the bird girl was not just the cover girl but also a real monument above the real grave of a real woman.
Fascinating look at the Percys. As for the 1927 flood, you could add to the reading list Faulkner's "The Wild Palms," in which (in one of the story lines) a convict is sent off into the flood waters to rescue a pregnant woman. It includes this gem of a sentence about the river:
"... it occurred to him that the present condition was no phenomenon of a decade, but that the intervening years during which it consented to bear upon its placid and sleepy bosom the frail mechanicals of man's clumsy contriving was the phenomenon and this the norm and the river was now doing what it liked to do, had waited patiently the ten years in order to do, as a mule will work for you ten years for the privilege of kicking you once."
Marvelous! I confess I've not read "Wild Palms," but I am eager to. In fact, I have a Jesuit friend who spent one summer reading all of Faulkner. I would really like to attempt this myself someday, but I think it really helps to be a Jesuit first!
For the record, as Faulkner goes, Wild Palms goes very easy.
relevant here > https://www.ddtonline.com/top-stories-local-content/patriot-moving-jackson
The Percys, due to cost of and concern for care of the monument, are moving the Patriot to the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson
Fascinating! I did not know this. Thank you so much for sharing this news!
It's sort of sad, but hard not to appreciate the family's choice.
A similar choice was made in Savannah, Georgia, when fans of "Midnight... Good... Evil..." couldn't bring themselves to remember that the bird girl was not just the cover girl but also a real monument above the real grave of a real woman.