Independence Day - Hardcover
A novel continuing the story of Frank Bascomb, the hero of THE SPORTSWRITER, a middle-class, middle-aged American who is estranged from his wife and who prepares to take his fifteen year old son on a two-day driving trip over the Independence Day weekend, in order to visit halls of fame and have heart-to heart conversations.
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Another title for Ford's 1996 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel might be "The Return of Frank Bascombe." Bascombe, in this sequel to Ford's 10-year-old The Sportswriter, comes close to taking his place with John Updike's Rabbit Angstrom in the pantheon of confused white middle-class American literary protagonists. At age 44 he has entered what Bascombe calls "the Existence Period, the high-wire act of normalcy, the part that comes after the big struggle which led to the big blowup." Bascombe's almost comic indecisiveness has led to the breakup of his marriage, a detached, wary affair, and an achingly fragile relationship with his troubled teenage son, Paul. Ford details Bascombe's Fourth of July weekend in leisurely, measured prose, crafting scenes of muted heartbreak.
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In this visionary sequel to The Sportswriter, Richard Ford deepens his portrait of one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction, and in so doing gives us an indelible portrait of America.
Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career, has entered an "Existence Period", selling real estate in Haddam, New Jersey, and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But over one Fourth of July weekend, Frank is called into sudden, bewildering engagement with life.
Independence Day is moving, peerlessly funny odyssey through America and through the layered consciousness of one of its most compelling literary incarnations, conducted by a novelist of astonishing empathy and perception.
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- PublisherFarrar Straus Giroux
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1860460208
- ISBN 13 9781860460203
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A novel continuing the story of Frank Bascomb, the hero of THE SPORTSWRITER, a middle-class, middle-aged American who is estranged from his wife and who prepares to take his fifteen year old son on a two-day driving trip over the Independence Day weekend, in order to visit halls of fame and have heart-to heart conversations. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003495519
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