All the Little Live Things (CD-Audio)

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 finely crafted for my taste, a bit too much of a scenery painter. And there is certainly some of tha...

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 quietly stunningly that the reader is unaware of getting enmeshed in the story. Joe Allston and his wife,...

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 Stegner's writing seminar. Part of it is the self-righteousness of the narrator, who loses his moral supe...

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 stories so well constructed and executed. I strongly recommend rereading the first chapter after you fin...

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. This story tells the living together with the neighbours whom are people like everybody knows. Each fam...