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I wanted this to be my last book of 2022, however with the holiday festivities, I did not get this tome read before Dec. 31st and even had to renew it at the library.
However, that being said, it can now be my first 5 star read for 2023. Written in 1971, this Pulitzer Prize book is stellar, an unusual way of writing a biography about your ancestors in this fictional setting of your grandparents home. It took me awhile to figure it all out, but that was part of what makes this a 5 star read for me. A wandering husband and a nesting woman, that is how the author describes his relatives and so the fictional story is born, the timeframe for the story is later 1800’s and settings in the West. Thus, I would recommend you read the book introduction later as Wallace tells of his own life and his other writings.
Interesting…”First-person narrative encourages you to syncopate time, to bridge from a past to a present. It also allows you to drop back and forth, almost at will, freely.”…..
As you all know I am not a fan of this with more modern day authors, but Stegner’s technique for this was very well done.
Oh, so much more in my notes to reflect on especially the title, Angle of Repose ..”it was the angle at which a man or woman finally lays down”.
However, that being said, it can now be my first 5 star read for 2023. Written in 1971, this Pulitzer Prize book is stellar, an unusual way of writing a biography about your ancestors in this fictional setting of your grandparents home. It took me awhile to figure it all out, but that was part of what makes this a 5 star read for me. A wandering husband and a nesting woman, that is how the author describes his relatives and so the fictional story is born, the timeframe for the story is later 1800’s and settings in the West. Thus, I would recommend you read the book introduction later as Wallace tells of his own life and his other writings.
Interesting…”First-person narrative encourages you to syncopate time, to bridge from a past to a present. It also allows you to drop back and forth, almost at will, freely.”…..
As you all know I am not a fan of this with more modern day authors, but Stegner’s technique for this was very well done.
Oh, so much more in my notes to reflect on especially the title, Angle of Repose ..”it was the angle at which a man or woman finally lays down”.
