The Field of Vision (Paperback)

Wright Morris has done it again - that is, he has written a fine, complex interesting novel which, like his others, should get important critical attention and probably small sales. He takes seven tourists in Mexico to a bull fight; Walter Mckee of Nebraska and his wife Lois; their 7-year-old grandson; Lois' father, Scanlon, 87; Gordon Boyd, a childhood friend of McKee's; Dr. Leopold Lehmann, a pseudo-psychiatrist, and Mrs. Paula Kahler, a patient of his. By the time the afternoon is over Morris has told us a great deal about each of these people and about the past, present, and possible future of America and the world. The shuttling back and forth in time and place, and the interweaving of symbolism from one episode to another is a fascinating virtuoso performance. Boyd, a hero manque, is the catalyst who has brought this group together and who, with his wild streak, shakes them up so that all are changed in some way. The stories of old Scanlon, Dr. Lehmann, and McKee are exceptionally good, Lois McKee's is rather slim and spun out, and (most unfortunately since it is most important) Boyd's does not build as it should to bring the whole thing off. Nevertheless, the intellectual power of the book, and the emotional involvement in parts, as well as the general high quality of the writing make it a fascinating novel though not a complete sucess. (Kirkus Reviews)

Winner of the National Book Award "Wright Morris seems to me the most important novelist of the American middle generation. Through a large body of work --which, unaccountably, has yet to receive the wide attention it deserves--Mr. Morris has adhered to standards which we have come to identify as those of the most serious literary art. His novel The Field of Vision brilliantly climaxes his most richly creative period. It is a work of permanent significance and relevance to those who cannot be content with less than a full effort to cope with the symbolic possibilities of the human condition at the present time."--John W. Aldridge One of America's most distinguished authors, Wright Morris (1910-1988) wrote thirty-three books.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1974
First published:	July 1974
Authors:	Wright Morris
Dimensions:	203 x 133 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	251
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-5789-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-5789-9
Barcode:	9780803257894

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