A Father's Words: A Novel (Phoenix Fiction) by Richard Stern - 1990-01-04

UsedVeryGood. Minor wear on cover. Inscribed on inside of back cover otherwise clean copy.

University Of Chicago Press, 1990. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 192 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Cy Riemer--fifty-ish, divorced, and father of four--surveys the dispersal of his family with a mixture of anxiety, humor, sadness, and pride. In this wry, moving, and wise novel, Richard Stern offers his masterful portrait of Cy as the quintessential caring yet controlling parent, a relentless seeker of self-knowledge whose search is intensified through conflicts with his brilliant, ne'er-do-well son Jack. The "manipulation of a smart, sane, self-justifying narrator . . . is not the least of Stern's achievements in this delicate fabrication of tough prose and tender adjustment of sentiment."--Geoffrey Wolff, Los Angeles Times "Richard Stern's novels are robustly intelligent, very funny, and beguilingly humane. He knows as much as anyone writing American prose about family mischief, intellectual shenanigans, love blunders--and about writing American prose."--Philip Roth "A delectable rhetorical display. . . .… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New.

University Of Chicago Press, 1990. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 192 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches.

University of Chicago Press, 1990-01-04. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!