In this Book
- The Man Who Loved Levittown
- Book
- 1985
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Drue Heinz Literature Prize
summary
This book is characterized by narrative vitality and emotional range. In Wetherell’s stories a suburban retiree’s assumptions about the ethos of Long Island life are challenged and dismissed by a younger generation, a young English woman achieves miracles by dancing with wounded soldiers during World War II, a tennis-mad bachelor plays an interior game as real to him as an actual match, and a black drifter converts an Asian couple to his bleak vision of American life and finds strange kinship with them.
Table of Contents
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- The Man Who Loved Levittown
- pp. 3-22
- If a Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood
- pp. 23-38
- The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant
- pp. 57-64
- Nickel a Throw
- pp. 65-78
- Why I Love America
- pp. 79-94
- Narrative of the Whale Truck Essex
- pp. 95-102
- Volpi's Farewell
- pp. 103-112
- North of Peace
- pp. 113-124
- Spitfire Autumn
- pp. 125-146
- Other Works in the Series, Back Cover
- pp. 147-BC
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822978855
Related ISBN(s)
9780822935209, 9780822962533
MARC Record
OCLC
568748238
Pages
145
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No