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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: a Novel
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Location:
Myrtle Beach, SC
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THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE: A NOVEL. BORN MUTE, SPEAKING ONLY IN SIGN, EDGAR SAWTELLE LEADS AN IDYLLIC LIFE WITH HIS PARENTS ON THEIR FARM IN REMOTE NORTHERN WISCONSIN. FOR GENERATIONS, THE SAWTELLES HAVE RAISED AND TRAINED A FICTIONAL BREED OF DOG WHOSE THOUGHTFUL COMPANIONSHIP IS EPITOMIZED BY ALMONDINE, EDGARS LIFELONG FRIEND AND ALLY. BUT WITH THE UNEXPECTED RETURN OF CLAUDE, EDGAR.S PATERNAL UNCLE, TURMOIL CONSUMES THE SAWTELLES ONCE PEACEFUL HOME. WHEN EDGARS FATHER DIES SUDDENLY, CLAUDE INSINUATES HIMSELF INTO THE LIFE OF THE FARM-AND INTO EDGARS MOTHERS AFFECTIONS.GRIEF-STRICKEN AND BEWILDERED, EDGAR TRIES TO PROVE CLAUDE PLAYED A ROLE IN HIS FATHERS DEATH, BUT HIS PLAN BACKFIRES-SPECTACULARLY. FORCED TO FLEE INTO THE VAST WILDERNESS LYING BEYOND THE FARM, EDGAR COMES OF AGE IN THE WILD, FIGHTING FOR HIS SURVIVAL AND THAT OF THE THREE YEARLING DOGS WHO FOLLOW HIM. BUT HIS NEED TO FACE HIS FATHERS MURDERER AND HIS DEVOTION TO THE SAWTELLE DOGS TURN EDGAR EVER HOMEWARD.BRAND NEW, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, BY DAVID WROBLEWSKI. 2008 SELECTION OF OPRAHS BOOK CLUB. FIRST EDITION, COPYRIGHT 2008, ISBN 978 0 06 176806 4.DAVID WROBLEWSKI IS A MASTER STORYTELLER, AND HIS BREATHTAKING SCENES-THE ELEMENTAL NORTH WOODS, THE SWEEP OF SEASONS, AN ICONIC AMERICAN BARN, A FATEFUL VISION RENDERED IN THE FALLING RAIN-CREATE A RIVETING FAMILY SAGA, A BRILLIANT EXPLORATION OF THE LIMITS OF LANGUAGE, AND A COMPULSIVELY READABLE MODERN CLASSIC. PLEASE VISIT WWW.EDGARSAWTELLE.COM
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Books & Magazines
Posted:
November 17 2023 on Americanlisted
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