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This novel is perfect for anyone who’s been in a long-term relationship, or realized that the majority of their social time is spent with other couples. A great reminder that marriage is a marathon, not a sprint.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemplative and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Wallace Stegner
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 347
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, Franklin Library
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- cat, English, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9788416213399
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“Floating upward through a confusion of dreams and memory, curving like a trout through the rings of previous risings, I surface.”
Wallace Earle Stegner was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called "The Dean of Western Writers". He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977. - wikipedia
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