Wallace Stegner Bücher

Kein Paradies, nirgends. Joe Allston – lange erfolgreicher Literaturagent – kehrt, gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Ruth, der exzentrischen Ostküste und dem wirren Treiben der Swinging Sixties den Rücken. Auf der Suche nach Stille aber findet er: kein Paradies, nirgends. Dort, wo er es erhoffte, in den berauschend schönen Hügeln Kaliforniens, wird er abermals in die Unordnung des Lebens gestoßen. Die Begegnung mit einer jungen Frau, die gegen den Tod ankämpft und doch vom Leben, seiner Intensität und Schönheit, durchdrungen scheint, trifft ihn tief. Die herbe, aber verführerische Empfindungsfülle jener Tage versöhnt Allston schließlich – mit Niederlagen, Verlust und Zweifeln. Er, der Erfüllung in einer Idylle gesucht hatte, findet in ihrer Unvollkommenheit sich selbst.

Im August 1972 reisen der Schriftsteller Larry Morgan und und seine Frau Sally an die Ostküste der USA, um ein letztes Mal die todkranke Charity Lang und ihren Mann Sid zu besuchen. In Rückblenden erinnert sich Larry an den Beginn ihrer Freundschaft Ende der 30er in Madison, wo beide Männer an der University of Wisconsin unterrichten. Die Gegensätze zwischen den Paaren könnten nicht grösser sein: hier die vom Schicksal schwer gebeutelten Morgans, dort die reichen, weltoffenen Langs. Und doch entsteht eine wunderbare Freundschaft, die alle Krisen übersteht.

Eine subtile Ehestudie von hoher Raffinesse Joe Allston, Literaturagent im Ruhestand, ist ein Unsentimentaler: Ein Leben lang hat er die Sicherheit ehelicher Stabilität dem Sturm möglicher Leidenschaften vorgezogen. Auch jetzt setzt er dem tendenziell aussichtslosen Unterfangen später erotischer Eskapaden die stoische Haltung des Beobachters entgegen. Ruth will ihn zum Schreiben animieren, doch Allston erinnert sich stattdessen an eine ungelebte Liebe: Die denkwürdigen, mitunter abstrusen Geschehnisse auf einer Jahrzehnte zurückliegenden Reise nach Dänemark lesen sich wie ein Krimi. Gleichzeitig entfaltet sich das subtile Porträt einer Ehe.

Bo Mason, his wife, Elsa, and their two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifing from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks outhis fortune--in the hotel business, on new farmland, and, eventually, in illegal rum-running through the threacherous back roads of the American Northwest. Bo chases after the promise of the American dream through Minnesota, the Dakotas, Saskatchewan, Montana, Utah and Nevada, but ultimately there is no escaping the devastating reach of the Depression and his own ruinous fate. In this affecting narrative, a defining masterpiece by the "dean of Western writers" (The New York Times), Wallace Stegner portrays more than three decades in the life of the Mason family as they struggle to survivle during the lean years of the early twentieth century. With an introduction by Robert Stone.

Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical. Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit. What emerges is an enthralling portrait of four generations in the life of an American family.

Focusing on the craft of fiction, this collection features eight essays by Wallace Stegner, including four previously unpublished works. He explores diverse topics such as the writer's vision, audience engagement, symbolism, and the creative process. With insights aimed at both aspiring writers and those interested in the cultural significance of fiction, the essays reflect Stegner's expertise from his tenure at the Stanford Writing Program, influencing notable literary figures.

John Wesley Powell fought in the Civil War and it cost him an arm. But it didn't stop him from exploring the American West. Here Wallace Stegner, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, gives us a thrilling account of Powell's struggle against western geography and Washington politics. We witness the successes and frustrations of Powell's distinguished career, and appreciate his unparalleled understanding of the West.<

Wallace Stegner weaves together fiction and nonfiction, history and impressions, childhood remembrance and adult reflections in this unusual portrait of his boyhood. Set in Cypress Hills in southern Saskatchewan, where Stegner's family homesteaded from 1914 to 1920, Wolf Willow: A History, a Story & a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier brings to life both the pioneer community and the magnificent landscape that surrounds it. This Twentieth-Century Classics edition includes a new introductory essay by Page Stegner.

A collection of musings by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner and his son, Page, American Places reconciles the many images that embody Americans, America, and the land that made it all possible. BACKCOVER: “This book is an attempt, by sampling, to say something about how the American people and the American land have interacted, how they have shaped one another; what patterns of life, with what chances of continuity, have arisen out of the confrontations between an unformed society and a virgin continent. Perhaps it is less a book about the American land than some ruminations about the making of America. . . . We are the unfinished product of a long becoming.” —from American Places “The text by the Stegners is precise, to the point, packed with useful information and infused with that love for our land and its honest workers which is the highest form (perhaps the only form) of patriotism.” —Edward Abbey

A remarkable portrait of one of American labor's most enduring legends: Blending fact with fiction, Wallace Stegner retells the story of Joe Hill, the Wobbly bard who became the stuff of legend when, in 1915, he was executed for the alleged murder of a Salt Lake City businessman. Organizer, agitator, "Labor's Songster"--a rebel from the skin inwards, with an absolute faith in the One Big Union--Joe Hill fought tirelessly in the frequently violent battles between organized labor & industry. But tho songs & stories still vaunt him & his legend continues to inspire those who feel the injustices he fought against, Joe Hill may not have been a saintly crusader, & may have been motivated by impulses darker than the search for justice. Joe Hill is full-bodied portrait of both the man & the myth: from his entrance into the short-lived Industrial Workers of the World union, the most militant organization in the history of American labor, to his trial, imprisonment & final martyrdom-- his last words to the I.W.W., "Don't waste time mourning. Organize."