| Item 9780803258419$29.25 - $31.66 In consequence of the finding of an illigitimate infant at the local pound and President Kennedy's assassination, a dozen residents of a small California community search out their past lives for an explanation of the two shocking incidents
"Laying sure hands on the daily is Wright Morris's forte. What the rest of us may have accepted too ... | |
$16.95Sale $11.05 - $13.25 $12.72Sale $12.72 - $12.82 In consequence of the finding of an illigitimate infant at the local pound and President Kennedy's assassination, a dozen residents of a small California community search out their past lives for an explanation of the two shocking incidents
"Laying sure hands on the daily is Wright Morris's forte. What the rest of us may have accepted too casually he sets upon with his own highly specialized focus. In this novel, more than ever, the texture of the day and hour, the fabric of speech, the pattern of action are used to show forth the humor of objects, people, places, lives, and in their deeper, more mysterious interrelations is disclosed the larger shape of tragedy."—Eudora Welty Friday, November 22, 1963, in Escondido, California, begins with the discovery of an infant in the adoption basket at the local animal pound. This calculated effort to shock the natives is silenced by the news from Dallas of an event calculated to shock the world. One Day is concerned with the way these two events are related and with the time that begins when conventional time seems to have stopped. The events of this day, both comical and horrifying, make the commonplace seem strange, and the strange familiar. To accommodate the present, the past must be reshuffled, and events accounted for defy accounting. One of the most distinguished American authors, Wright Morris (1910-1988) wrote thirty-three books including The Field of Vision, which won the National Book Award. One Day General
| ISBN | 9780803258419 |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Publisher | Univ of Nebraska Pr |
| List Price | $30.00 |
| Author | Morris, Wright |
| Publication Date | 06/01/1976 |
| Release Status | In Print |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Measurements | Height: 7.75 Inches (US)Width: 5.5 Inches (US)Thickness: 1 Inches (US)Unit Weight: 1.05 Pounds (US) |
In consequence of the finding of an illigitimate infant at the local pound and President Kennedy's assassination, a dozen residents of a small California community search out their past lives for an explanation of the two shocking incidents
"Laying sure hands on the daily is Wright Morris's forte. What the rest of us may have accepted too casually he sets upon with his own highly specialized focus. In this novel, more than ever, the texture of the day and hour, the fabric of speech, the pattern of action are used to show forth the humor of objects, people, places, lives, and in their deeper, more mysterious interrelations is disclosed the larger shape of tragedy."—Eudora Welty Friday, November 22, 1963, in Escondido, California, begins with the discovery of an infant in the adoption basket at the local animal pound. This calculated effort to shock the natives is silenced by the news from Dallas of an event calculated to shock the world. One Day is concerned with the way these two events are related and with the time that begins when conventional time seems to have stopped. The events of this day, both comical and horrifying, make the commonplace seem strange, and the strange familiar. To accommodate the present, the past must be reshuffled, and events accounted for defy accounting. One of the most distinguished American authors, Wright Morris (1910-1988) wrote thirty-three books including The Field of Vision, which won the National Book Award. A Grammar of the Arabic Language : Two Volumes in... Blood Prophecy One : Queen's Destiny One by One : Gilbert Morris You Think That's Why I Slept With You? : One Play... The Wright Report Part One Layman Science  Product Reviews
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