Nickel Mountain (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Gardner
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Pastoral
- Subjects: 1950’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Marriage, Loneliness, Heart attack or disease, Obesity
- Locales: New York, Catskills, NY
Although Nickel Mountain was published in 1973, it was begun when Gardner was nineteen years old. Despite numerous revisions, therefore, the novel is among the author's earliest works, and it shows clearly that the basic themes of his fiction were present from the start: the need for love and compassion, the ability of the true artist to adopt the point of view of others, and the need to affirm all that life contains.
The story in Nickel Mountain is that of Henry Soames, the three-hundred-pound owner of the Stop-Off Café, a little eatery deep in the Catskill...
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