Outerbridge Reach (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Stone
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Central America, Finland, the South Atlantic, and the high seas elsewhere around the world
- Principal Characters: Owen Browne, Anne Browne, Maggie Browne, Ron Strickland, Pamela Koester, Matthew Hylan, Harry Thorne, Jack Campbell, Buzz Ward
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, New York City, 1980’s, Adultery, Sailing or sailors, Atlantic Ocean, Sea or seafaring life, Filmmaking or filmmakers
- Locales: New York, NY, Oceans
“I see Outerbridge Reach as a continuation of the same themes I’ve always dealt with,” Robert Stone explained to Publishers Weekly, “the ways in which people come through for each other, or fail to, and the ways in which people are always offering something more than they can deliver. Also, to some extent, it’s the state of the union; I’ve always tried to reflect what I thought was the American reality.” Stone’s latest state of the union address describes a shady neighborhood.
Before becoming a professional writer, in his thirties, Robert Stone, like...
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