Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories

Ellen Gilchrist · 1935–2024 · United States

Why it matters

Linked stories follow the brash, self-destructive Rhoda Manning and other defiant Southern women through bad marriages, wartime homefronts, and unapologetic bids for pleasure. Gilchrist's National Book Award winner refuses Southern gentility's usual demand for regret.

At a glance

Brisk, colloquial first-person voices make for a fast, accessible read.