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The Spectator Bird (Contemporary American Fiction)

by Wallace Stegner

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ISBN13: 9780140139402
ISBN10: 0140139400
Condition: Standard
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Joe Allston is a retired literary agent whose parents and only son are dead, and who feels that he has been a mere spectator through life. Than a postcard from a friend causes him to return to the journals of a trip he took to his mother's birthplace to search for his roots; memories of that journey reveal tha t he is not quite spectator enough. Winner of the National Book Award.

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malaprop, March 4, 2009 (view all comments by malaprop)
Another apt portrayal of the intricacies of marriage from Stegner. Not as perfect as Crossing to Safety, but, really, what is?
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780140139402
Author:
Stegner, Wallace Earle
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Author:
Stegner, Wallace Earle
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
California
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Marriage
Subject:
Married people
Subject:
Americans
Subject:
Denmark
Subject:
Western stories
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Americans -- Travel -- Denmark -- Fiction.
Subject:
Literary
Copyright:
1976
Series:
Contemporary American Fiction
Series Volume:
no. 44
Publication Date:
November 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
776x504x64 43
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