Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalfamilywesternslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticcomplex relationshiptroubled leadsself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeA realistic novel that is unhurried and weighty. Best if you like patience over pace.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.2 / 5
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About This Book
Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical. Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit.
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- Author
- Wallace Stegner
- Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 569
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