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Crossing to Safety (Penguin Modern Classics)

Crossing to Safety (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Synopsis

A novel of the friendships and woes of two couples, which tells the story of their lives in lyrical, evocative prose by one of the finest American writers of the late 20th century.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 327
 Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 30 Mar 2006
ISBN 10: 0141188014
ISBN 13: 9780141188010

Media Reviews
A superb book. . . . Nothing in these lives is lost or wasted, suffering becomes an enriching benediction, and life itself a luminous experience. -- Doris Grumbach
Author Bio
Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) was the author of, among other novels, Remembering Laughter, 1937; A Shooting Star, 1961; Angle of Repose (Pulitzer Prize), 1971; The Spectator Bird (National Book award), 1977; Recapitulation, 1979. Three of his short stories have won O.Henry prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements. His collected stories were published in 1990.Jane Smiley is the author of many novels and works of non-fiction, including, most recently, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel , about the history and anatomy of the novel. Her most recent novel is Good Faith . She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for A Thousand Acres , and was shortlisted for The Orange Prize in 2001 for Horse Heaven.