The Prince of Tides
A Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · January 17, 2023
“A masterpiece that can compare with Steinbeck’s East of Eden. … Some books make you laugh; some make you cry; some make you think.
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- Who it’s for
- A long, absorbing read with romance, history, and the ache of family in close quarters.
- Genres
- Southern Fiction, Sibling Stories, Literary Fiction
- Published
- HarperCollins, January 17, 2023
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“A masterpiece that can compare with Steinbeck’s East of Eden. … Some books make you laugh; some make you cry; some make you think. The Prince of Tides is a rarity: It does all three.” — Detroit Free Press A modern American classic and a family saga that spans decades, this is the story of the volatile Tom Wingo, his brilliant but troubled twin sister, Savannah, and the complex and damaging family legacy they share.
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Moving between the sparkling glamour of New York City and the vanishing beauty of the South Carolina low country, The Prince of Tides is Pat Conroy’s masterwork. “A big, sprawling saga of a novel…the kind you hole up with and spend some days with and put down feeling you have emerged from a terrible, wonderful spell.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A literary gem . . . The Prince of Tides is in the best tradition of novel writing. It is an engrossing story of unforgettable characters.” —The Pittsburgh Press
Deep Tides
A long, absorbing read with romance, history, and the ache of family in close quarters.
Come here for
- Pat Conroy’s immersive, layered prose
- Southern family drama with literary sweep
Expect
- Sustained narrative momentum
- Book-club-ready emotional knots
Where it sits
| Sibling Stories | 50% |
|---|---|
| Southern Fiction | 47% |
| Literary Fiction | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- American Plays
- The Classics
- Historical Fiction
- Literary Fiction
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- 20th-Century Historical Romance
- American Historical Romance
- Southern Fiction
- Authors
- Pat Conroy
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- January 17, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- American Plays