Independence Day by Richard Ford audiobook

Independence Day

By Richard Ford
Read by Richard Poe

Recorded Books, Inc.

The Bascombe Series: Book 2

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 2 Formats: CD
  • 2 Formats: Library CD

  • ISBN: 9781664409682

  • ISBN: 9781664517516

Runtime: 20.40 Hours
Category: Fiction/Literary
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Winner of the 1996 PEN/Faulkner Award

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award 

A USA Today bestseller

The Pulitzer-Prize winning novel for 1996.

In this visionary sequel to The Sportswriter, Richard Ford deepens his portrait of one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction and in so doing gives us an indelible portrait of America.

Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career, has entered an “existence period,” selling real estate in Haddam, New Jersey, and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But over one Fourth of July weekend, Frank is called into sudden, bewildering engagement with life.

Independence Day is a moving, peerlessly funny odyssey through America and through the layered consciousness of one of its most compelling literary incarnations, conducted by a novelist of astonishing empathy and perception.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Independence Day is a bold, clear-eyed, ambitious, original, and wickedly funny take on American life…This is a major American novel.” —Washington Times
“A vivid celebration not just of the textures of daily life but also of the epiphanies that punctuate the most ordinary moments.” —People
“With a mastery second to none, Richard Ford has created, and continues to develop in Independence Day, a character we know as well as we know our next-door neighbors…Frank Bascombe.” —New York Times
“A fully realized portrait of modern American life as filtered through the mind and heart of a unique yet typical American man.” —Christian Science Monitor
“Each flash of magical dialogue, every rumination a wild surprise…is a confirmation of a talent as strong and varied as American fiction has to offer.” —New York Review of Books
“In Frank Bascombe, Ford has created one of the most complex and memorable characters of our time, and the novel itself is a nuanced, often hilarious portrayal of contemporary American life.” —Paris Review
“An often poetic, sometimes searing, sometimes hilarious account…Ford achieves astonishing effects on almost every page.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Author

Author Bio: Richard Ford

Author Bio: Richard Ford

Richard Ford is the multiaward–winning author of short stories and numerous books, including Independence Day, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Both Canada and Let Me Be Frank with You made the New York Times bestsellers list.

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Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD
Category: Fiction/Literary
Runtime: 20.40
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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