October Light

by John Gardner

Overview

A story of an old man and an old woman—brother and sister—living together on a farm in Vermont.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679721338
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/11/1989
Edition description:	REISSUE
Pages:	433
Product dimensions:	5.21(w) x 8.02(h) x 0.92(d)

About the Author

John Gardner (1933-1982) was one of the most provocative American novelists of his generation, garnering critical praise and a popular following for his fiction, including October Light, The Sunlight Dialogues, Grendel, and Mickelson's Ghost, as well as his criticism, the groundbreaking Moral Fiction, and his controversial The Art of Fiction, which has become a standard text in university writing classes around the country.

Editorial Reviews

A story within a story, Gardner's 1976 title finds destitute widow Sally Abbot forced to live with her brother, who, after numerous clashes, locks her in a room with food and a book. The story she reads mimics her own. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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