Painful reading and understanding ...

I was simply disappointed by reading this book.
First, because English is used too far from the one I know I'm not at all aware of the subtleties of 'dialect' that we practice in the state of Mississippi.
After I found the story line was extremely difficult to follow, we must come to sense the thoughts of floods that beset the different characters in the book who in turn take the role of narrator.

After about 100 pages, I went to the French version, in French "modern" because the English skills of our picturesque southern heroes are not transcribed ...

Go a phrase book for you to enjoy, almost random flipping through the book at the beginning of page 108:. "'Was Hit jest Reviews another one thing And Then', he says 'That ere corn me and the boys Was aimin' to git up with, and Dewey Dell a-takin 'good keer of her, and folks comin' in, a-offerin 'to help and sich, till I jest thought ... "

Finally, I also look on the internet the summary of the book to get them to feel and give a little bit of interest in reading this book ...