Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner1972 Pulitzer Prize
Lyman Ward is suffering from a bone disease. He has recently separated from his wife and has moved into his grandparents old house. Lyman acquires old letters his grandmother, Susan, had written to her friend. These letters lead him to write a biography about his grandmother.
Susan Ward had been a writer and artist but marriage to Oliver had led her to the old west. Oliver was an engineer. But problems on jobs usually forced them to move on to other jobs. Sometimes Susan had to return east while Oliver took particularly difficult jobs.
Angle of Repose simultaneously tells the story of Susan and Lyman. Susan has difficulty adapting to the west where her desire for culture is in short supply. And Lyman is trying to come to terms with the drastic changes in his life that have come on so suddenly.
2 comments:
I've had this on my list for a couple of years. I just never seem to find time to pick it up. Did you like it??
Late looking back at comments. I took a week off.
I did like the book. It was hard to get into but once I did I couldn't put it down. It switches back and forth between time periods and both were interesting.
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