The Big Rock Candy Mountain
The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner is a reprint edition published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on November 28, 2017. This 656-page novel explores the life of Bo Mason, his wife Elsa, and their two sons as they navigate a transient existence marked by poverty and despair. The narrative follows Bo’s relentless pursuit of the American dream, leading the family through various states, including Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Nevada, while confronting the harsh realities of the Great Depression.
Readers will find an in-depth portrayal of family life and the struggles faced during the early twentieth century. The story delves into themes of ambition and ruin, as Bo’s ventures in the hotel business and illegal rum-running highlight the challenges of survival against the backdrop of economic hardship. Stegner’s work captures the complexities of familial relationships and the impact of external circumstances on personal aspirations, making it a significant contribution to literary fiction.
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Bo Mason, his wife, Elsa, and their two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifing from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks outhis fortune–in the hotel business, on new farmland, and, eventually, in illegal rum-running through the threacherous back roads of the American Northwest. Bo chases after the promise of the American dream through Minnesota, the Dakotas, Saskatchewan, Montana, Utah and Nevada, but ultimately there is no escaping the devastating reach of the Depression and his own ruinous fate.
In this affecting narrative, a defining masterpiece by the “dean of Western writers” (The New York Times), Wallace Stegner portrays more than three decades in the life of the Mason family as they struggle to survivle during the lean years of the early twentieth century.
With an introduction by Robert Stone.
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