One Day - Softcover

Morris, Wright

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803258410 ISBN 13: 9780803258419

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1976

Synopsis

Friday, November 22, 1963, in Escondido, California, begins with the discovery of an infant in the adoption basket at the local animal pound. This calculated effort to shock the natives is silenced by the news from Dallas of an event calculated to shock the world. One Day is concerned with the way these two events are related and with the time that begins when conventional time seems to have stopped. The events of this day, both comical and horrifying, make the commonplace seem strange, and the strange familiar. To accommodate the present, the past must be reshuffled, and events accounted for defy accounting. One of the most distinguished American authors, Wright Morris (1910-1988) wrote thirty-three books including The Field of Vision, which won the National Book Award.

About this title

Synopsis

In consequence of the finding of an illigitimate infant at the local pound and President Kennedy's assassination, a dozen residents of a small California community search out their past lives for an explanation of the two shocking incidents.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803258410
• ISBN 13: 9780803258419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 433