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The Spectator Bird
The Spectator Bird
Author: Wallace Stegner
Joe Allston, the narrator of Stegner's earlier (1967) novel, ALL THE LITTLE LIVE THINGS, finds the journal he kept on a trip to Denmark 20 years earlier, which describes his attraction to a wealthy Danish woman. He reads the journal to his wife, and her response makes it clear how rich and vital their marriage has been. Winner of the National Bo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140139402
ISBN-10: 0140139400
Publication Date: 11/1/1990
Pages: 224
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 27 ratings
Publisher: Penguin
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Reads like an autobiography but is fiction. The main story deals with an older man (and his wife) coping with the brutal realities of old age. The story within the story is a flashback - decades earlier - to a Denmark trip when they lived with a countess and slowly learned the bizarre secrets of her family.
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