After his book was published, a controversy brewed with some of footes descendants about how. Wallace stegner s 19091993 masterpiece angle of repose 1971. What happens when you cross a cowboy movie, a book on american history, and the nastiest episode of the jerry springer show youve ever seen. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. Angle of repose by wallace stegner goodreads mar 01, 1971 angle of repose is the pulitzerprize winning fictional work by wallace stegner awarded in 1972 that has become a contemporary classic it was considered by stegner to be the masterpiece of his literary career and substantial body of work. But then i got to the last 14 of the book and it seemed rushed, unfinished, and i turned the last page not fully understanding what really happened between oliver and susan ward. For the wallace stegner novel, see angle of repose. Stegners pulitzer prizewinning 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 americas western frontier.
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Wallace stegner books list of books by author wallace. Its his most accessible book, a warm, charming story that allows the reader to familiarize herself with his signature style of one chapter past tense, one chapter present tense, one chapter past tense, etc. The angle of repose was on most of these lists and in my opinion it should be on all of them. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 569 pages and is available in paperback format. This page contains details about the fiction book angle of repose by wallace stegner published in 1971. Stegner was born on february 18, 1909 in lake mills, iowa. Angle of repose by wallace stegner the 729th greatest. Wallace stegner described angle of repose as a novel about time, as much as anythingabout people who live through time, who believe in both a past and a future. Stegners pulitzer prize winning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery. Angle of repose by wallace stegner angle of repose is wallace stegners pulitzer prize winning novel from 1971. We plan to begin the discussion on monday october 27th.
Angle of repose summary lyman ward is a wheelchairbound exhistorian whos diving into the most ambitious project of his life. Set in many parts of the west, angle of repose is a story of discovery personal, historical, and geographical that endures as wallace stegners masterwork. Analysis angle of repose 1971 wallace stegner 19091993. Angle of repose, which won, in 1972, the pulitzer prize for wallace stegner, unites past and present in telling two stories. It is told by a former college professor and historian who looks at his grandparents lives in search of a reason for the success or failure of a marriage. Stegners pulitzer prizewinning novel is the story of four generations in the life of an american family.
A late autumn retrospective, accomplished with a long lens, in which lyman ward, retired, ill and wheelchairbound, attempts to affirm the continuity of the past and the doppler effect of time by reconstructing his grandparents lives. Wallace earle stegner february 18, 1909 april, 1993 was an american novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called the dean of western writers. This in partial contrast to and rebuttal of his son at berkeley interested in change but only as a process. Stegner was actually a renaissance man in his time.
It is a testament to the power of stegner s prose and vision that angle of repose, winner of the 1972 pulitzer prize for fiction, can be appreciated as americas story as well. Wallace stegners 19091993 masterpiece angle of repose 1971. An american masterpiece and iconic novel of the west by national book award and pulitzer prize winner wallace stegnera deeply moving narrative of one. Among his many literary prizes are the pulitzer prize for angle of repose 1971 and the national book award for the spectator bird 1976. Read download angle of repose penguin classics pdf pdf. The geologic term angle of repose, defines the angle of the slope at which debris will cease rolling downhill and settle in one place, as in a landslide.
The spectator bird, 1976 national book award, 1977. Book recommendations for people who like angle of repose by wallace stegner. Angle of repose by wallace stegner is a pulitzer prize winning novel about marriage. Based on the correspondence of the littleknown 19th century writer, mary hallock foote.
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