Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner
Margaret Stuart tries to ignore her husband's gradual decline into alcoholism, but when her sister, Elspeth, comes to live with them, a relationship develops between Margaret's sister and husband.
"Adroit and moving. . has the quality of a rueful, ironic legend"
The New York Times
The New York Times
"There is no use to mention the assurance and calm that Mr. Stegner brings to his first bookit has to be read to be believed."
Saturday Review
"I thought Remembering Laughter a perfect little novel, clean, swift and assured, and I can still feel the weight of the disaster in it."
Wendell Berry
Wallace Stegner (1909–1993) was the author of, among other novels, All the Little Live Things (winner of a Commonwealth Club Gold Medal), Angle of Repose (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and The Spectator Bird (winner of the National Book Award). His nonfiction includes The Sound of Mountain Water, The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto, and Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West. Three of his short stories won O. Henry Prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140252408 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140252401 |
| Title | Remembering Laughter |
| Author | Wallace Stegner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1996-11-28 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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