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Peter Taylor

Born

in Trenton, The United States

January 08, 1917

Died

November 02, 1994

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor was a U.S. author and writer. Considered to be one of the finest American short story writers, Taylor's fictional milieu is the urban South. His characters, usually middle or upper class people, often are living in a time of change and struggle to discover and define their roles in society.
Peter Taylor also wrote three novels, including A Summons to Memphis in 1986, for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and In the Tennessee Country in 1994. His collection The Old Forest and Other Stories (1985) won the PEN/Faulkner Award. Taylor taught literature and writing at Kenyon and the University of Virginia. ...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 9,060 ratings · 742 reviews · 115 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Summons to Memphis 3.63 avg rating — 6,844 ratings — published 1986 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Old Forest and Other Stories 3.95 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation Chiffon: The Secret Story of MI5 and MI6 and the Road to Peace in Ireland 4.33 avg rating — 299 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor 4.20 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 1969 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Woman of Means 3.49 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1950 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Tennessee Country 3.44 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Miro District and Other Stories 4.09 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1977 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court: Stories 3.85 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Stories 1938–1959: A Spinster’s Tale / What You Hear from ’Em? / Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time / Miss Leonora When Last Seen / Other Stories by Peter Taylor, Ann Beattie (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Stories 1960-1992: Dean of Men / In the Miro District / The Old Forest / Other Stories by Peter Taylor, Ann Beattie (Editor) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You can tell a man is clever by his answers – you can tell a man is wise by his questions.”
― Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager and The Project from Hell

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“Forgetting the injustices and seeming injustices which one suffered from one’s parents during childhood and youth must be the major part of any maturing process. I kept repeating this to myself, as though it were a lesson I would at some future time be accountable for. A certain oblivion was what we must undergo in order to become adults and live peacefully with ourselves.”
― Peter Taylor, A Summons to Memphis

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“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.”
― Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager and The Project from Hell

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What shall we read in September, 2023? Books published in or before 1990.

The Widow's Trial, by John Ehle

13 votes 31.7%

The Elementals, by Michael McDowell

10 votes 24.4%

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers

8 votes 19.5%

A Summons to Memphis, by Peter Taylor

5 votes 12.2%

The Black Prince and Other Stories, by Shirley Ann Grau

3 votes 7.3%

Under the Bright Lights, by Daniel Woodrell

2 votes 4.9%

41 total votes

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