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The Granta Book of the American Short Story, Volume 1 by Richard Ford
28.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
Richard Ford, who is among the finest of American novelists and short-story writers, edits and introduces this volume. First published by Granta Books in 1992, it became the definitive anthology of American short fiction written in the last half of the twentieth century - an 'exemplary choice' in the wo ...Show more
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
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Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Frank Bascombe has a younger girlfriend and a job as a sportswriter. To many men of his age, thirty-eight, this would be a cause for optimism, yet Frank feels the pull of his inner despair and especially of his recent losses - his preferred career has ended, his wife has divorced him, and a tragic accid ...Show more
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
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Category: Fiction | Series: Bascombe Trilogy Ser.
As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people--men, mostly--who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional pounding of the heart, and the not-too-distant losses of a career ...Show more
Wildlife by Richard Ford
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Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
When Joe Brinson was sixteen, his father moved the family to Great Falls, Montana, the setting for this harrowing, transfixing novel by the acclaimed author of Rock Springs. Filled with an abiding sense of love and family, and of the forces that test them to the breaking point, Wildlife--first published ...Show more