Contemporary American Fiction: All the Little Live Things (Paperback)

from ehines

There are a number of good summaries of this book on LT already, so I won't bother with that. Just a few observations . . . I didn't expect to like this book--Stegner always struck me as a bit too ...

from Rascalstar

Wallace Stegner is one of my favorite authors, and this book just solidified that. It's beautifully written, the story is mesmerizing, for me. Stegner writes about people and everyday life so quiet...

from Arctic-Stranger

This is one my favorite Stegner books and Stegner is one of my favorite authors. Part of this novel is a thinly disguised retelling of Stegner's moral fight with Ken Kesey, who dropped out of Stegn...

from Cygnus555

This is a perfect story. The path to the end of the book was breathless... when I reached the end I gasped for air... I then turned to the beginning and reread the first chapter. I rarely read stor...

from Ameise1

This is a wonderful book. It's written with great care for all protagonists. A retired couple is living now in California. They bought quite a big piece of land where there new house was built. Thi...