The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0007265077
- ISBN 13
- 9780007265077
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Fourth Estate, UK, 2009. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 566 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Fourth Estate, UK, 2009. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Corners of covers are moderately bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A literary debut of stark and striking brilliance - a coming-of-age story, set in the remote wilderness of northern Wisconsin.Born mute and able to communicate only by sign, the brilliant Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents Gar and Trudy. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is epitomised by Almondine, Edgar's lifelong companion. But when his beloved father mysteriously dies, Edgar blames himself, if only because his muteness left him unable to summon help. Grief-stricken and bewildered by his mother's desperate affair with her dead husband's brother, Edgar's world unravels one spring night when, in the falling rain, he sees his father's ghost. After a botched attempt to prove that his uncle orchestrated Gar's death, Edgar flees into the Chequamegon wilderness leading three yearling dogs. Yet his need to face his father's murderer, and his devotion to the Sawtelle dogs, turn Edgar ever homeward. When he returns, nothing is as he expects, and Edgar must choose between revenge or preserving his family legacy... *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN/EAN: 9780007265077. Inventory No: 17110129.. 9780007265077
Synopsis
David Wroblewski grew up in rural Wisconsin, not far from the Chequamegon National Forest where the novel is set. He earned an MFA from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. This is his first novel.
Reviews
On Aug 5 2017, a reader said:
I found this book to be one of those rare finds in the life of an avid reader that stays with the you and impacts your life. I love the style and pace of writing in Edgar Sawtelle to be engaging and almost dream like. I read it in hardcover first and then listened to it 3 more times since then on Audible. Richard Poe's narration was one of the best I've heard in this format. The tone of his voice and the ability to sound younger, older, male and female was seamless. He clearly grasped the mood of this book. Overall I'm adding this work by Wroblewski to my small list of life time favorite books that I know I will share with others and read again and again over the years.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17110129
- Title
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
- Author
- David Wroblewski
- Format/Binding
- Medium Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007265077
- ISBN 13
- 9780007265077
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
- Bookseller catalogs
- General; Fiction;
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