Be Mine A Frank Bascombe Novel
Be Mine A Frank Bascombe Novel by Richard Ford is published by HarperCollins Publishers on June 13, 2023, and is presented in a large print edition with 480 pages. This final installment in the Frank Bascombe series explores the complexities of American life through the lens of its protagonist, who has navigated various roles over the years, including sportswriter, father, and real estate agent. As he enters the twilight of his life, Bascombe takes on the challenging role of caregiver to his son, Paul, who has been diagnosed with ALS, embarking on a poignant journey to Mount Rushmore.
In this novel, readers will find a blend of humor and introspection as Bascombe confronts themes of mortality and the meaning of happiness in the face of life’s inevitable challenges. Richard Ford’s narrative offers an incisive look at family life and the psychological intricacies of human relationships, all while maintaining a distinctive voice that has characterized his work. This edition, written in English, invites readers to engage with the profound and often humorous reflections that define Bascombe’s experiences in a world that can feel both beleaguered and beautiful.
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From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature
Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, Frank Bascombe is once more our guide to the great American midway.
Now in the twilight of life, a man who has occupied many colorful lives–sportswriter, father, husband, ex-husband, friend, real estate agent–Bascombe finds himself in the most sorrowing role of all: caregiver to his son, Paul, diagnosed with ALS. On a shared winter odyssey to Mount Rushmore, Frank, in typical Bascombe fashion, faces down the mortality that is assured each of us, and in doing so confronts what happiness might signify at the end of days.
In this memorable novel, Richard Ford puts on displays the prose, wit, and intelligence that make him one of our most acclaimed living writers. Be Mine is a profound, funny, poignant love letter to our beleaguered world.
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