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This in partial contrast to and rebuttal of his son at berkeley interested in change but only as a process. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are lyman ward, susan burling ward. Stegners pulitzer prizewinning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery confined to a wheelchair, retired historian lyman ward sets out to write. Angle of repose is the pulitzerprize winning fictional work by wallace stegner awarded in 1972 that has become a contemporary classic. Angle of repose by wallace stegner book club discussion. Angle of repose penguin twentiethcentury classics by stegner, wallace.
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Angle of repose, 1996, wallace stegner, 0517184893. 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. Angle of repose wallace earle stegner, author, mark bramhall, read by, read by mark bramhall. Written by wallace stegner introduction by jackson j. Apr 19, 2020 angle of repose contemporary american fiction wallace stegner on amazon.
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