Leaving Home (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Garrison Keillor
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Family or family life, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Midwest, 1980’s, Hope, Home, Nostalgia, Minnesota, Wishes
- Locales: Lake Wobegon, MN
The subtitle of Leaving Home forthrightly announces the nature of the volume: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. Keillor had already performed each of the thirty-six stories as a monologue on A Prairie Home Companion. He announces at the beginning of the book that the stories have been altered somewhat from their original form.
The book's title may be ambiguous. Some of the characters in the stories do leave home; others would like to, or dream of doing so. Still, the reader is tempted to apply the title to the author as much as to his characters. Keillor...
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