Goodbye, Wisconsin
Published on 1. September 2008
Book
Hardback
202 pages
978-0-9768781-7-9 (ISBN)
Description
Rural Wisconsin was still a wilderness in these early 1920s stories by Glenway Wescott. The distances between farms and small towns seemed great in those days. So, too, was the struggle of social order and religion against poverty, nature, and a stubborn streak of lawlessness. But the real adventure in these stories is in Wescott's deep understanding of human nature. His characters may be tragic, heroic, comic, or inspiring but, if there is one theme here, it is the search for personal freedom.
Reviews / Votes
These stories by Glenway Wescott may be read with pleasure, and reread, for every reading brings out new shades of meaning and richness of feeling.... You are reading the stories of one of the best-endowed writers this country has ever produced. - Katherine Anne Porter ""These stories are [Wescott's] rendering of real stories, rumors, gossip, and local legend. But there is also the perspective that the individual writer brings to his work. In Wescott that includes respect for Midwest courtesy and decency, but animosity toward the old-fashioned puritanism that stifles creativity and humanity. It includes a love of the landscape even when it is impoverished, and of nature even when it is cruel."" - from the introduction by Jerry RoscoMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Illustrations
11 illustrations
ISBN-13
978-0-9768781-7-9 (9780976878179)
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Persons
Glenway Wescott (1901-1987) was born in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, and was raised on a farm with an extended family. He left Wisconsin as a young man and lived in Paris and New York for most of his life. Among his other books are The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait, Apple of the Eye, and The Pilgrim Hawk.