| The Spectator Bird Contributor(s): Stegner, Wallace (Author), Herrmann, Edward (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1441724931 ISBN-13: 9781441724939 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 5.8" (0.40 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Joe Allston is a retired literary agent who is, in his own words, "killing time before time gets around to killing me." His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator. A postcard from a friend causes him to return to the journals of a trip he had taken with his wife twenty years before, a journey to his mother's birthplace, where he'd sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip, both grotesque and poignant, read aloud to his wife so she too can reminisce, move through layers of time and meaning and reveal that Joe Allston isn't quite spectator enough. This portrait of a husband and wife's marriage and a son's pursuit of his mother's memory is a literary masterpiece. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stegner, Wallace: - Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) wrote many books of fiction and nonfiction, including Crossing to Safety and the National Book Award-winning The Spectator Bird. Angle of Repose won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972. Edward Herrmann (1943-2014) was one of America's top audiobook narrators. He won multiple Earphones and Audie Awards, and his narration of the King James version of the Bible remains a benchmark in the industry. |