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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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Independence Day, Richard Ford
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1995
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- (Hardcover)
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- Titel
- Independence Day
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Richard Ford
- Uitgever
- Knopf
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1995
- Formaat
- Hardcover
- Aantal pagina's
- 451
- ISBN10
- 0679492658
- ISBN13
- 9780679492658
- Reeks
- Frank Bascombe
- Tags
- Fictie, Liefde, Familie, Hedendaagse literatuur, Klassiekers, Verenigde Staten, Relaties, Amerikaanse Literatuur, Amerika, Eenzaamheid, Vader, Echtscheiding, Zoon, Verantwoordelijkheid
- Beoordeling
- 3,85 van 5
- Aantekening
- 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.