Angle of repose / Wallace Stegner ; with an introduction by Jackson J. Benson.
Material type: TextSeries: Penguin twentieth-century classicsPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2000.Description: xxx, 557 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 0141185473
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Stegner, Wallace | Available | 33111004737314 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery
Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit. What emerges is an enthralling portrait of four generations in the life of an American family.
"Cause for celebration . . . A superb novel with an amplitude of scale and richness of detail altogether uncommon in contemporary fiction." -- The Atlantic Monthly
"Brilliant . . . Two stories, past and present, merge to produce what important fiction must: a sense of the enchantment of life." -- Los Angeles Times
This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Jackson J. Benson.
For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix-xxx).
Introduction / by Jackson J. Benson -- Suggestions for further reading -- pt. 1. Grass Valley -- pt. 2. New Almaden -- pt. 3. Santa Cruz -- pt. 4. Leadville -- pt. 5. Michoacán -- pt. 6. On the bough -- pt. 7. The canyon -- pt. 8. The mesa -- pt. 9. The Zodiac Cottage.