{"product_id":"the-spectator-bird-paperback","title":"The Spectator Bird - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWallace Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis tour-de-force of American literature and a winner of the National Book Award is a profound, intimate, affecting novel from one of the most esteemed literary minds of the last century and a beloved chronicler of the West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Joe Allston is a cantankerous, 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, has not been his choice. He has passed through life as a spectator, before retreating to the woods of California in the 1970s with only his wife, Ruth, by his side. When an unexpected postcard from a long-lost friend arrives, Allston returns to the journals of a trip he has taken years before, a journey to his mother's birth­place where he once sought a link with his past. Uncovering this history floods Allston with memories, both grotesque and poignant, and finally vindicates him of his past and lays bare that Joe Allston has never been quite spectator enough.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWallace Stegner (1909-1993) was the author of, among other novels, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Laughter, \u003c\/i\u003e 1937; \u003ci\u003eThe Big Rock Candy Mountain, \u003c\/i\u003e1943; \u003ci\u003eJoe Hill, \u003c\/i\u003e 1950; \u003ci\u003eAll the Little Live Things, \u003c\/i\u003e 1967 (Commonwealth Club Gold Medal); \u003ci\u003eA Shooting Star, \u003c\/i\u003e 1961; \u003ci\u003eAngle of Repose, \u003c\/i\u003e 1971 (Pulitzer Prize); \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator Bird, \u003c\/i\u003e 1976 (National Book Award, 1977); \u003ci\u003eRecapitulation, \u003c\/i\u003e 1979; and \u003ci\u003eCrossing to Safety, \u003c\/i\u003e 1987. His nonfiction includes \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Hundredth Meridian, \u003c\/i\u003e 1954; \u003ci\u003eWolf Willow, \u003c\/i\u003e 1963; \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Mountain Water\u003c\/i\u003e (essays), 1969; \u003ci\u003eThe Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto, \u003c\/i\u003e 1974; and \u003ci\u003eWhere the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West \u003c\/i\u003e(1992). Three of his short stories have won O. Henry Prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687965364287,"sku":"9780525431879","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/635ebe77a161343432b97097fa47781c.webp?v=1764980419","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-spectator-bird-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}