| Prairie Nocturne Contributor(s): Doig, Ivan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743201361 ISBN-13: 9780743201360 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: From one of the greatest novelists of the American West comes a surprising and riveting story set in Montana and in New York during the Harlem Renaissance--drawing on the characters from Doig's most popular work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.36" W x 8.04" (0.68 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
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| Publisher Description: Prairie Nocturne is the epic saga of two former lovers sired in the pages of Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana Trilogy. Susan Duff -- the bossy, indomitable schoolgirl with a silver voice from Dancing at the Rascal Fair-- has reached middle age alone, teaching voice lessons to the progeny of Helena's high society. Wesley Williamson, young married heir to the Double W cattle empire, has been forced out of a political career as a result of his affair with Susan having become known. Years later, Wes and Susan have reunited to share in an extraordinary goal: launching the singing career of Monty Rathbun--a man on the wrong side of the racial divide. In this triumph of sure-footed storytelling, motives and fates dangerously entangle. Set in Montana, France, Scotland, and New York during the Harlem Renaissance, Prairie Nocturne is a deeply longitudinal novel that raises everlasting questions of allegiance, the grip of the past, and the cost of passion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Doig, Ivan: - Ivan Doig (1939-2015) was a third-generation Montanan and the author of sixteen books, including the classic memoir This House of Sky and most recently Last Bus to Wisdom. He was a National Book Award finalist and received the Wallace Stegner Award, among many other honors. Doig lived in Seattle with his wife, Carol. Visit IvanDoig.com. |