The Works of Love (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)

This particular fable of the relationships between human beings is more opaque and somber in tone than last year's enchanting Man and Boy. The inability of men to communicate, to ameliorate their certain loneliness, is a central theme, and Mr. Morris has built his lonely ones with such an air of timid decency, of minute meekness, that their isolation is ironically amusing and sadly human. Will Brady, the protagonist, is a wistful fledgling under glass. Twice married, foster father of a son he did not sire, prosperous owner of a chicken business, builder of a home, he yet seemed unsurprised when everything vanished in dream-like sequence. Only in the unreal world of moonlight did there seem real relationships. He found his niche, his role at the close of life, as a department store Santa Claus, where he could be in the world and yet out of it, mortal and immortal at the same time. Haunting and wryly melancholic, but with that recognizable Wright Morris quality, this will appeal chiefly to his special audience, and find no market among those seeking entertainment. (Kirkus Reviews)

"When I was a boy of eight in the Platte Valley of Nebraska, my father made the first of the many moves that would prove to be of interest to a future writer of fiction. They were east to Chicago, the point on the map where all the lines pointed. Almost twenty years would pass before I would seek to recapture the past that I had experienced. The Works of Loveis the first fruit of that effort, and the linchpin in my novels concerned with the plains. The reader who has read The Home Place or The Field of Vision will find in this novel the crux of an experience I frequently return to but never exhaust."--Wright Morris One of the most distinguished American authors, Wright Morris (1910-1988) wrote thirty-three books including The Field of Vision, which won the National Book Award.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1972
First published:	September 1972
Authors:	Wright Morris
Dimensions:	203 x 133 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	269
Edition:	2 Rev Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-5767-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-5767-8
Barcode:	9780803257672

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