Ceremony in Lone Tree (Bison Book) - Hardcover

Morris, Wright

 
9780803257825: Ceremony in Lone Tree (Bison Book)

Synopsis

Although Tom Scanlon would just as soon spend it alone, his ninetieth birthday becomes the occasion for a family gathering in the Midwestern town of Lone Tree. The unlikely celebrants take this opportunity to reconceive their visions of past, future, and family in their own grotesque and ultimately liberating ways. Ceremony in Lone Tree is a spare and beautiful work by one of America's great postwar authors.

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Review

"A modern classic ... Not the least of this remarkable novel is the capturing of that special Midwestern attitude when passion erupts into horrendous crime in the 'normal' course of life."

"A modern classic. . . . Not the least of this remarkable novel is the capturing of that special Midwestern attitude when passion erupts into horrendous crime in the 'normal' course of life."-"Publishers Weekly"

"A modern classic. . . . Not the least of this remarkable novel is the capturing of that special Midwestern attitude when passion erupts into horrendous crime in the ''normal'' course of life." -- Publishers Weekly
"A modern classic. . . . Not the least of this remarkable novel is the capturing of that special Midwestern attitude when passion erupts into horrendous crime in the ''normal'' course of life."--"Publishers Weekly"
"A rich and wonderful book."--"Virginia Kirkus Service"

About the Author

Wright Morris (1910-98) wrote thirty-three books, including The Home Place and Plains Song (both available in Bison Books editions), and Field of Vision, which won the National Book Award. Keith Botsford is coeditor, with Saul Bellow, of The Republic of Letters. He has translated several books, among them Silvio D'Arzo's A Winter's Journal.

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