Second Growth by Wallace Stegner (English) Paperback Book

Description: Second Growth by Wallace Stegner A New England village, untouched by history since the American Revolution, is the unquiet arena containing, but just barely, the aloof natives and the summer residents. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A New England village, untouched by history since the American Revolution, is the unquiet arena containing, but just barely, the aloof natives and the summer residents. Their paths cross, happily or disastrously, in a book that seems too real to be fiction. As Wallace Stegner writes, the conflict on this particular frontier "has been reproduced in an endlessly changing pattern all over the United States." Author Biography Terry Tempest Williams is the author of "Refuge: An Unnat-ural History of Family and Place; An Unspoken Hunger; Leap; and Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert," A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Lannan Literary Fellowship in creative nonfiction, she lives in the redrock desert of southern Utah. T. H. Watkins (1936-2000) was the first Wallace Stegner Distinguished Professor of Western American Studies at Montana State University, and the author of twenty-eight books. "From the Trade Paperback edition." Review "" ""Second Growth" . . . is a creation of remarkable penetration and skill. Its small, accurate touches build up to a full and firm whole. Its objectivity, its air of knowledge and judgment, are accompanied by an almost lyrical, delicately restrained tenderness. Its prose is disciplined, sensitive and luminous."--"New York Times" "Incisive, restrained character delineation reminiscent of Willa Cather. Strongly recommended."--"Library Journal" "Wallace Stegners story about a rural community is told with subtle restraint in a style which is often poetic and always sensitive."--"Chicago Sun Book Week" Kirkus US Review Stegner has proved himself adept in the field of the short novel; he has written one important novel, Big Rock Candy Mountain; now comes this book, neither novel nor short stories-but a book about a New Hampshire village that grows into a town during the vacation season when the visitors bring it to life. Stegner has given us the town through sharp, perceptive pieces about some of its residents. There is Helen Barlow, who almost escaped, and when drawn back found she couldnt take it; there is Flo, a lesbian, who has some measure of responsibility for Helens failure; there is Abe Kaplan, tailor, who lives in a tent and who tries to make Ruth, a Brooklyn girl who found herself on the outside at a "restricted" hotel, find some place for herself as his wife in the village; and there is Andy, trying to live down his familys shady reputation; and then there are minor characters, some drawn by indirection, others in sharp, brief encounter. So well done that it will be enjoyed by an appreciative though not a large audience. (Kirkus Reviews) Review Quote "Wallace Stegners story about a rural community is told with subtle restraint in a style which is often poetic and always sensitive."-Chicago Sun Book Week Details ISBN0803291574 Language English ISBN-10 0803291574 ISBN-13 9780803291577 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 1985 Country of Publication United States Edition New edition Series Bison Book Short Title 2ND GROWTH REV/E Edition Description Revised Illustrations Map DOI 10.1604/9780803291577 UK Release Date 1985-10-01 AU Release Date 1985-10-01 NZ Release Date 1985-10-01 US Release Date 1985-10-01 Imprint Bison Books Place of Publication Nebraska Author Wallace Stegner Pages 240 Publisher University of Nebraska Press Publication Date 1985-10-01 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159384780;

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