Items related to The Sound of Mountain Water
The essays, memoirs, letters, and speeches in this volume were written over a period of twenty-five years, a time in which the West witnessed rapid changes to its cultural and natural heritage, and Wallace Stegner emerged as an important conservationist and novelist. This collection is divided into two sections: the first features eloquent sketches of the West's history and environment, directing our imagination to the sublime beauty of such places as San Juan and Glen Canyon; the concluding section examines the state of Western literature, of the mythical past versus the diminished present, and analyzes the difficulties facing any contemporary Western writer. The Sound of Mountain Water is both a hymn to the Western landscape, an affirmation of the hope embodied therein, and a careful investigation of the West's cultural and natural legacy.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Wallace Stegner (1909–1993) was the author of, among other novels, All the Little Live Things (winner of a Commonwealth Club Gold Medal), Angle of Repose (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and The Spectator Bird (winner of the National Book Award). His nonfiction includes The Sound of Mountain Water, The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto, and Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West. Three of his short stories won O. Henry Prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements.
Review:
"Stegner catches the paradoxical essence of American civilzation." --Choice
"Like Faulkner, Stegner sired a stable of writers fired with an ambition to chronicle the region and force upon the nation a new and 'demythologized" view of the West." --The Weekly Standard
"Stegner pleads for a Western literature that will meaningfully link past and present. Easygoing essays by a writer of venerable and popular reputation." --Kirkus Reviews
"Like Faulkner, Stegner sired a stable of writers fired with an ambition to chronicle the region and force upon the nation a new and 'demythologized" view of the West." --The Weekly Standard
"Stegner pleads for a Western literature that will meaningfully link past and present. Easygoing essays by a writer of venerable and popular reputation." --Kirkus Reviews
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date1969
- ISBN 10 0385071388
- ISBN 13 9780385071383
- BindingHardcover
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 212.32
Shipping:
US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Sound of Mountain Water
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0385071388
Buy New
US$ 212.32
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound of Mountain Water
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Prompt service guaranteed. Seller Inventory # Clean0385071388
Buy New
US$ 212.54
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound of Mountain Water
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0385071388
Buy New
US$ 213.08
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound of Mountain Water
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0385071388
Buy New
US$ 213.96
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound of Mountain Water
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0385071388
Buy New
US$ 213.28
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Sound of Mountain Water
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB0385071388
Buy New
US$ 217.77
Convert currency
Stock Image
THE SOUND OF MOUNTAIN WATER
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1. Seller Inventory # Q-0385071388
Buy New
US$ 326.48
Convert currency