{ May 2021 - Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, separation of book (front/ back matter, parts, and chapters), and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 214 pages Published 1976 Penguin Books (1990) National Book Award for Fiction (1977) This tour-de-forc
The Spectator Bird
β Scribed by Stegner, Wallace
- Book ID
- 107218462
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc.
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 394 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Joe Allston is a retired literary agent who is, in his own words, "just killing time until time gets around to killing me." His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator. A postcard from a friend causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he had taken years before, a journey to his mother's birthplace, where he'd sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip, both grotesque and poignant, move through layers of time and meaning, and reveal that Joe Allston isn't quite spectator enough.
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