false 292408 18 Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery--personal, historical, and geographical. Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit. What emerges is an enthralling portrait of four generations in the life of an American family. Like other great quests in literature, Lyman Ward's investigation leads him deep into the dark shadows of his own life. The result is a deeply moving novel that, through the prism of one family, illuminates the American present against the fascinating background of its past. 283706 1971 Angle of Repose total:5514|5:2747|4:1775|3:691|2:222|1:79| 5514 23431 7910 998 2 7 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 27 16:27:10 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 08 15:54:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 9 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Apr 09 10:43:11 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 10:53:38 -0700 2008
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Stegner tells the story of a man who has a disease that is crippling him. He's living in his ancestral home, being taken care of by an old,...more...]]> 4 6 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Feb 28 16:57:35 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 16:59:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 16:13:24 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 08:45:10 -0800 2008 In some ways I sympat...more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Mar 09 14:19:20 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 14:47:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false true Mon Jul 02 14:52:48 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 14:59:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Aug 25 12:55:04 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 18:16:49 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 12:55:04 -0700 2008 Angle of Repose was probably the greatest American novel of the 20th century. That bothered me, because I'd never heard of it. I bought a copy, got about 100 pages into it, and bogged down.

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Angle of Repose follows Lyman Ward's historical research into the lives of his great-grandparents. His great-grandmother had bee...more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 06 12:31:01 -0800 2008 Fri May 30 13:42:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 01 06:32:39 -0800 2008 Sat Jun 07 08:52:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 13:27:31 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 13:42:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 02 19:12:32 -0700 2007 Fri May 18 17:30:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 11 08:46:55 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 08:52:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 19:36:20 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 17:30:27 -0800 2008 more...]]>