Independence Day (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Ford
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Character study
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Parents and children, Love or romance, Psychology or psychologists, Fathers, Divorce, Death or dying, Bereavement or grief, Men, Suburban life, Real estate, Middle age
- Locales: Connecticut, New York, New Jersey
Independence Day marks a new stage of the career of Richard Ford, winning, as it did, both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. On the surface, Independence Day is deceptively simple: A divorced father takes his son on a trip to several sports halls of fame, the son suffers eye damage that may be permanent, and the father returns home to ponder his experiences. In reality, the novel is a re-creation of an age-old mythic quest. In this case, it is the establishment of communication between the father and son and an internal journey on the part of the...
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