SOUTH MOON UNDER

Set in the untamed backcountry of Florida’s marshlands, South Moon Under is a powerful novel of survival, love, and the fierce bond between people and the land they inhabit. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings brings vivid authenticity to this rugged world, where the wilderness shapes character as surely as it tests endurance.

The story follows a young man coming of age amid poverty, danger, and moral uncertainty, learning hard lessons about responsibility, loyalty, and the cost of freedom. As family ties strain and the pull of the wild grows stronger, he must choose between the life he knows and the man he is becoming.

Rich in atmosphere and emotional depth, South Moon Under is a timeless portrait of resilience and humanity, capturing the beauty and brutality of life lived close to nature. Rawlings’s spare, lyrical prose makes this novel a lasting classic of American literature.