He has a bone disease and is confined to a wheelchair. A classic, rediscovered on audio our new audiobooks column debuts with wallace stegners pulitzerwinning novel, elevated by a brilliant narration. Page stegner books list of books by author page stegner. In the late 1960s lyman ward, a crippled history professor abandoned by his wife some years before, researches and recreates the life of his grandparents, particularly his grandmother susan. Angle of repose definition what does angle of repose mean. If an excavator is digging in a damp clay material, and there is a natural ability for the material to stand on its own, there could be a 90. It is at first disconcerting that the narrator sounds.
Angle of repose definition is the angle that the plane of contact between two bodies makes with the horizontal when the upper body is just on the point of sliding. Winner of the 1972 pulitzer prize for fiction, wallace stegners angle of repose is a disquisition on the high price paid by men of ability and women of taste for the opening and developing of the west a kind of textbook for anyone who is interested in studying the. Wallace stegner described angle of repose as a novel about time, as much as anythingabout people who live through time, who believe in both a past and a future. What might surprise you, however, is the fact that the letters in the novel are absolutely real. Angle of repose angle of repose angle of repose penguin twentiethcentury classics. Based on the correspondence of the littleknown 19th century writer, mary hallock foote, the novels heroes represent opposing but equally strong strains of the american.
Angle of repose article about angle of repose by the. Angle of repose first edition wallace stegner bauman. Stegner s pulitzer prizewinning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery 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 americas western frontier. Angle of repose is an enthralling book based on the lives of east coast born quaker writer and illustrator, mary hallock foote 18471938, and her. A late autumn retrospective, accomplished with a long lens, in which lyman ward, retired, ill and wheelchairbound, attempts to affirm the continuity of the past and the doppler effect of time by reconstructing his grandparents lives. See all books authored by page stegner, including american places, and winning the wild west. Dec 01, 2000 stegners pulitzer prizewinning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery 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 americas western frontier. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. This in partial contrast to and rebuttal of his son at berkeley interested in change but only as a process. Stegner states in the forward to the book that it was the first of my books to acheieve wide recognition, the big rock candy mountain, was an attempt to capture in the experiences of a single family the social and psychological consequences of the ending of the f rontier and the pinching out of the american dream. Read angle of repose by wallace stegner available from rakuten kobo. Lyman wards history of his grandparents and his need to keep his. Wallace stegners 19091993 masterpiece angle of repose 1971. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are lyman ward, susan burling ward.
Angle of repose, by wallace stegner kevinfromcanada. Wheelchairbound with a crippling bone disease and dependent on others for his every need, ward is nonetheless embarking on a search of. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. Stegner s method of weaving the stories together works marvelously and so many of his sentences are simply perfect. Like lyman ward, angle of repose author wallace stegner is a historian turned novelist. On another thread a number of us thought we would like to discuss the book angle of repose by wallace stegner. Wallace stegners angle of repose tells his skeptical son, im writing about something else. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Wallace stegner 1909 1993 wallace stegner 19091993 was an american novelist and environmentalist. Angle of repose tells the story of lyman ward, a retired professor of history and author of books about the western frontier, who returns to his ancestral home of grass valley, california, in the sierra nevada. The novel is directly based on the letters of mary hallock foote, later published as a. He grew up in northern montana and southern saskatchewan, about which he writes in his novelautobiography wolf willow. Angle of repose 1971 wallace stegner 19091993 when lyman ward pardons his bitchy wife, his brash son and his gangbanging secretary, not every reader is going to feel that he has risen above his distaste for our times. As egan notes, when the times did get around to recognizing him, they called him william, not wallace. Wallace stegner was a novelist and shortstory writer whose work celebrated the american west and won him the countrys highest literary awards. Stegners pulitzer prizewinning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery confined to a wheelchair, retired historian lyman ward sets out to write. In angle of repose wallace stegner uses a narrative technique that is both older than. Sep 27, 2011 a fellow writer suggested i read angle of repose by wallace stegner. Angle of repose penguin twentiethcentury classics kindle edition by stegner, wallace, jackson j. Wallace stegners pultizer prizewinning novel is a story of dis. Lyman ward is a wheelchairbound exhistorian whos diving into the most ambitious project of his life.
Stegners pulitzer prizewinning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery confined to a wheelchair, retir. The dictionary tells us that an angle of repose means the steepest angle at which a sloping surface formed of a particular loose material is stable. The angle of repose is the normal and natural angle that dirt, sand, gravel, stone, or other natural sitework material will take, if left to seek its own equilibrium. Portrait of stegner, slightly skewed the boston globe. In our quietest and loneliest hour the automatic icemaker in the refrigerator will cluck and drop an ice cube, the automatic dishwasher will sigh through its changes, a plane will drone over, the nearest freeway will vibrate the air. We plan to begin the discussion on monday october 27th.
Angle of repose follows susan burling ward during the 19th century, but the essence is the evolving consciousness of susans grandson and the novels narrator, lyman ward. Free download or read online angle of repose pdf epub book. Wallace stegner knows how to get inside a marriage and pull at it and prod at it, until it settles down into what it cannot help becoming and finds its angle of repose. Lyman is a retired amputee historian with a bone disease who becomes. Wallace stegner 19091993 was a historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist. Angle of repose modern library wallace stegner on free shipping on qualifying offers. Jul 26, 2012 slavon via shutterstock salon angle of repose. Angle of repose by wallace stegner, 9780141188003, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. By wordcrafting landscapes that the reader can almost stand in, stegner fashions a geographic backdrop to angle of repose that is spectacularly beautiful, and. Stegner is certainly celebrated in western north america, with festivals and awards.
It is a testament to the power of stegner s prose and vision that angle of repose, winner of the 1972 pulitzer prize for fiction, can be appreciated as americas story as well. Stegner s pulitzer prizewinning novel of personal, historical, and. While i was doing some new yearinspired reorganizing of bookshelves, angle of repose penguin books 1971, a pulitzer prize winning novel by william stegner, rose up from among the stacks. Angle of repose definition what does angle of repose. First edition of stegners acclaimed pulitzer prizewinning novel. Angle of repose by wallace stegner book club discussion. Mar 01, 1971 wallace stegner knows how to get inside a marriage and pull at it and prod at it, until it settles down into what it cannot help becoming and finds its angle of repose. This story is the saddest kind of story possible, because it is about the loss of opportunity, the loss of happiness, and the loss of what might have been. Angle of repose wallace earle stegner, author, mark bramhall, read by, read by mark bramhall. It is touch that is the deadliest enemy of chastity, loyalty, monogamy, gentility with its codes and conventions and restraints. Angle of repose by wallace stegner overdrive rakuten. If an excavator is digging in a damp clay material, and there is a natural ability for the material to stand on its own, there. Pulitzer 1972 explores the marriage relationships of susan and oliver ward and lyman and ellen ward and the freelove relationship of shelly rasmussen and larry.
His other novels include remembering laughter big rock candy mountain autobiographical angle of repose the spectator bird angle of. Oct 29, 2012 wallace stegners 19091993 masterpiece angle of repose 1971. Stegners method of weaving the stories together works marvelously and so many of his sentences are simply perfect. Susan wards lifeand lymans and shellys is the believable story of a flawed human beingits not picture perfectthere are no rosy endings for us here. Angle of repose characters wallace stegner this study guide consists of approximately 31 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of angle of repose. Wallace stegner 19091993 was an american novelist and environmentalist. The epic saga of the american frontier, 18001899, and more on. Lyman, a retired historian, writes a history of his grandparents lives after his wife leaves him for his surgeon during his struggle.
Jeffrey documents the considerable tension in the lives of many. The modern age knows nothing about isolation and nothing about silence. Angle of repose penguin twentiethcentury classics by stegner, wallace. It is a testament to the power of stegners prose and vision that angle of repose, winner of the 1972 pulitzer prize for fiction, can be appreciated as americas story as well. Stegners pulitzer prizewinning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery 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 americas western frontier.
In a dust jacket, with agetoning, and four closed tears along the bottom edge, the deepest measuring 1. Lyman, a retired historian, writes a history of his grandparents lives after his wife leaves him for his surgeon. Angle of repose definition of angle of repose by merriam. Angle of repose by wallace stegner, paperback barnes. 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. Wallace stegner booklist wallace stegner message board. This study guide consists of approximately 31 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of angle of repose.
A long, intricate, deeply rewarding novelfor all its breadth and sweep, angle of repose achieves an effect of intimacy, hence of immediacy, and, though much of the material is historical, an effect of discovery also, of experience newly minted rather than a pageantlike recreationwallace stegner has written a superb novel, with an amplitude of scale and richness of detail. Themes of past and present in angle of repose johns hopkins. Based on the correspondence of the littleknown 19th century writer, mary hallock foote. Dec 01, 2000 i read angle of repose shortly after it was published and it remains one of my favorite books of all time. In order to do that, he plans on holing up in their old homedubbed the zodiac cottageand writing all day, every day. Angle of repose quotes by wallace stegner goodreads.
Wallace stegner s 1971 novel angle of repose was a beautifully written, masterfully crafted, touchingly and ponderously enjoyable to read. Wallace stegner has said of his epic novel, its perfectly clear that if every writer is born to write one story, thats my story. Angle of repose summary lyman ward is a wheelchairbound exhistorian whos diving into the most ambitious project of his life. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Angle of repose by wallace stegner 19091993 october 28, 2017 olli at nc state university 1 comment fiftyeight year old lyman ward, the narrator of the story, is a retired historian, wheel chair bound with a painful bone disease. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. In his use of literary history in angle of repose, stegner follows lymans borrowed. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 569 pages and is available in paperback format. Stegner is known as one of the great writers of the american west and angle of repose is certainly a tourdeforce of stegners ability to describe natural physical settings. This dissertation reads wallace stegners angle of repose by combining. Stegner was born on february 18, 1909 in lake mills, iowa.
Lyman, a retired historian, writes a history of his grandparents lives after his wife leaves him for his surgeon during his struggle with a debilitating illness. Wallace stegner books biography and list of works author. Angle of repose penguin twentiethcentury classics kindle. Angle of repose, which won, in 1972, the pulitzer prize for wallace stegner, unites past and present in telling two stories. A fellow writer suggested i read angle of repose by wallace stegner. Angle of repose reading the pulitzer prize winners for. Angle of repose by wallace stegner, first edition abebooks. Click to read more about angle of repose by wallace stegner. Dive deep into wallace stegner s angle of repose with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
Wallace stegner, one of the greatest writers of our generation, creates in the angle of repose a timeless saga of promise, the endless repercussions of our choices, grand adventure, the many kinds of love, the nature and complexities of the human heart, and the whole process of becoming who we ultimately end up being. Analysis angle of repose 1971 wallace stegner 19091993. In 1972, wallace earle stegner won a pulitzer prize for angle of repose 1971, a novel about a wheelchairbound mans recreation of his new england grandmothers experience in a late nineteenthcentury frontier town. I read angle of repose shortly after it was published and it remains one of my favorite books of all time. Angle of repose is a 1971 novel by wallace stegner about a wheelchairusing historian.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading angle of repose penguin twentiethcentury classics. Angle of repose ebook by wallace stegner rakuten kobo. The first edition of the novel was published in 1971, and was written by wallace stegner. A long, intricate, deeply rewarding novelfor all its breadth and sweep, angle of repose achieves an effect of intimacy, hence of immediacy, and, though much of the material is historical, an effect of discovery also, of experience newly minted rather than a pageantlike recreationwallace stegner has written a superb novel, with an amplitude of scale and richness.
Dive deep into wallace stegners angle of repose with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. Angle of repose won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1972. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Angle of repose wallace stegner on free shipping on qualifying offers. Angle of repose by wallace stegner in chm, doc, rtf download ebook. Angle of repose is a 1971 novel by wallace stegner about a wheelchairusing historian, lyman ward, who has lost connection with his son and living family and decides to write about his frontierera grandparents. But his research reveals even more about his own life than hes. Four american photographers in egypt by teeter, emily and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. His other novels include remembering laughter big rock candy mountain autobiographical angle of repose the spectator bird angle of repose. The novel is directly based on the letters of mary hallock foote, later published as a victorian gentlewoman in the far west.
396 592 1181 10 1072 856 493 1606 1403 114 1291 321 1627 841 955 409 1569 1528 1166 1073 1512 693 1616 789 302 279 1380 279 433 874 1355 1476 1319 929 729 555 1533 941 457 1327 518 176 1274 470 49 1065