Angle of Repose (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Wallace Stegner
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1860-1970
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, California, West, U.S., Novelists, Historians, Mexico or Mexicans, Pacific Northwest, Diseases
- Locales: California, Mexico, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho
Places Discussed
Zodiac Cottage. Last home of Oliver Ward, the grandfather of Lyman Ward, a retired history professor who is constructing a narrative of his grandparents’ lives from documents and personal reminiscences. Located in Grass Valley, California, the cottage takes its name from the Zodiac Mine, which Oliver superintended in his later career. The cottage and its gardens resonate with the lives of Lyman’s grandparents and also serve as the stage for his painful recuperation from the amputation of a leg. Throughout the novel, which is threaded with Lyman’s...
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