The Spectator Bird - Brossura

Stegner, Wallace Earle

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140139400 ISBN 13: 9780140139402

Casa editrice: Penguin, 1990

Riassunto

Joe Allston is a retired literary agent who is, in his own words, "just killing time until time gets around to killing me." His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator.

A postcard from a friend causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he had taken years before, a journey to his mother's birthplace, where he'd sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip, both grotesque and poignant, move through layers of time and meaning, and reveal that Joe Allston isn't quite spectator enough.

"Elegant and entertaining . . . Every scene [is] adroitly staged and each effect precisely acomplished." ?The Atlantic

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Recensione

"It is the autobiographical nature of Stegner's work . . . that makes it so compelling. In every novel, the narrator has all the gifts of language, empathy, and philosophy, but he nonetheless can never free himself from the torments of the past."  —Jane Smiley, from the Introduction 

"Elegant and entertaining . . . every scene [is] adroitly staged and each effect precisely accomplished."  —The Atlantic

Product Description

Joe Allston is a retired literary agent whose parents and only son are dead, and who feels that he has been a mere spectator through life. Then a postcard from a friend causes him to return to the journals of a trip he took to his mother's birthplace to search for his roots; memories of that journey reveal that he is not quite spectator enough. Winner of the National Book Award.[...]

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140139400
• ISBN 13: 9780140139402
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile