A Summons to Memphis
American novelist, 1917–1994. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987.
A Summons to Memphis is a 1986 novel by Peter Taylor. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987.
In family saga
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Peter Taylor
- First published
- 1986
- Length
- 224 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 1986
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1987
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Class and society
Is A Summons to Memphis worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1986) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1987) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of A Summons to Memphis
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (1999), 224 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 1999)
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN
- 9780375701177
How critics, prizes and readers rate A Summons to Memphis
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 83% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work