Stegner, Wallace
The Spectator Bird (Penguin Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141392325
- author:
- Stegner, Wallace
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 14 x 1.4 centimetres (0.1
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Classics, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner is a poignant and introspective novel about a man who has lost touch with his past. After years of feeling like a spectator in life, Joe Allston returns to the journals of a trip he took with his wife to his mother's birthplace, seeking a connection to his heritage. As he delves into these memories, Stegner masterfully weaves together layers of time and meaning, revealing the complexities of human experience. This is a deeply personal and thought-provoking work that explores the nature of identity, tradition, and belonging. Through its nuanced and evocative prose, The Spectator Bird invites readers to reflect on their own relationships with the past and the people who have shaped them.
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