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Independence day [electronic resource] : bascombe trilogy (2) / Richard Ford.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307763808 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2013.
Content descriptions
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
Summary, etc.: | The Pulitzer-Prize Winning novel for 1996.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 a 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. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Downloadable applications available for access via iOS 4.0+ devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android 2.1+ devices. |
Source of Description Note: | Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed January 23, 2014). |
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Subject: | Fiction. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |