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The Spectator Bird (Paperback)
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The Spectator Bird (Paperback)
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Literary agent Joe Allston, the central character of Stegner's
novel All the Little Live Things, is now retired and, 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 an old friend
causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he and his wife
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. Wallace
Stegner was the author of, among other works of fiction,
Remembering Laughter (1973); The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1943);
Joe Hill (1950); All the Little Live Things (1967, Commonwealth
Club Gold Medal); A Shooting Star (1961); Angle of Repose (1971,
Pulitzer Prize); Recapitulation (1979); Crossing to Safety (1987);
and Collected Stories (1990). His nonfiction includes Beyond the
Hundredth Meridian (1954); Wolf Willow (1963); The Sound of
Mountain Water (essays, 1969); The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of
Bernard deVoto (1964); American Places (with Page Stegner, 1981);
and Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and
Writing in the West (1992). Three short stories have won O.Henry
prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the
Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements.
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Imprint: |
Penguin Classics
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Penguin Modern Classics |
Release date: |
April 2013 |
Authors: |
Wallace Stegner
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-14-139232-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-14-139232-0 |
Barcode: |
9780141392325 |
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