Second Growth (Paperback, New Ed)

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 couldn't take it; there is Flo, a lesbian, who has some measure of responsibility for Helen's 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 family's 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)

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." "Wallace Stegner's story about a rural community is told with subtle restraint in a style which is often poetic and always sensitive."-Chicago Sun Book Week "Incisive, restrained character delineation reminiscent of Willa Cather. Strongly recommended."-Library Journal "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

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1985
First published:	October 1985
Authors:	Wallace Stegner
Dimensions:	203 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-9157-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-8032-9157-4
Barcode:	9780803291577

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