Angle of Repose
“Angle of Repose” by Wallace Stegner is a reprint edition published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on November 4, 2014. This 672-page novel presents a deeply moving narrative centered on Lyman Ward, a retired history professor confined to a wheelchair. As he navigates the complexities of his life in the 1970s, he retreats to his ancestral home in Grass Valley, California, to write the biography of his grandmother, an artist and pioneer who journeyed through the West nearly a century earlier.
Readers will find a rich exploration of family life and psychological themes as Lyman delves into his grandmother’s story, which intertwines with his own experiences. The narrative reflects on the traditions of American life and the evolution of the nation, offering insights into the past while examining the present. Through this dual journey, Stegner invites readers to consider the legacies that shape individual lives and the broader cultural landscape.
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An American masterpiece and iconic novel of the West by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner—a deeply moving narrative of one family and the traditions of our national past.
Lyman Ward is a retired professor of history, recently confined to a wheelchair by a crippling bone disease and dependant on others for his every need. Amid the chaos of 1970s counterculture he retreats to his ancestral home of Grass Valley, California, to write the biography of his grandmother: an elegant and headstrong artist and pioneer who, together with her engineer husband, made her own journey through the hardscrabble West nearly a hundred years before. In discovering her story he excavates his own, probing the shadows of his experience and the America that has come of age around him.
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