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Jean staffords novels frankly survey the kingdom of. The mountain lion has 4 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Eightyearold molly and her tenyearold brother ralph are inseparable. Jean stafford has 56 books on goodreads with 19867 ratings. The mountain lion managed to transfer its bitterness, to leave me with a bad taste in the mouth, but with a certain callous indifference. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Refinement of evil, denial of drama only make the underlying truth more terrible. The mountain lion jean stafford july 1, 1915 march 26, 1979 was an american short story writer and novelist. Eightyearold molly and her tenyearold brother ralph are inseparable, in league with each other against the stodgy and stupid routines of school and daily.
Nonetheless, once again one acknowledges that jean stafford is a writer to watch. Jean stafford s introduction to her 1947 novel, the mountain lion, closes with. Buy a cheap copy of the mountain lion book by jean stafford. You begin the novel wary of tragedy, anticipating brokenness and allaround disaster. The mountain lion book by jean stafford half price books. Stafford would publish three novels, boston adventure 1944, the mountain lion 1947, the catherine wheel 1952, more than forty short stories the collected stories of jean stafford won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1970, and a mother in history 1966, a journalistic portrait of marguerite oswald, mother of lee harvey oswald. The mountain lion is a 1947 novel by jean stafford overview. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Book overview for the first time in a deluxe hardcover edition, three powerful psychological novels by a midcentury master of social satire jean stafford 19151979 made a bold entrance onto the american literary scene in 1944 when her first novel, boston adventure became a surprise best seller. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.
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The mountain lion is one of the best novels about adolescence in american literature. Fawcett died when he was young, leaving his wife, rose, and four children, leah, rachel, ralph and molly. Will include dust jacket if it originally came with one. When her brothers lascivious remark passes the line from childhood to adulthood. Jean staffords powerful, 1947 novel chronicles the gradual. The mountain lion by jean stafford audio book chapter. Jean staffords novels frankly survey the kingdom of childhood.
Torn between their mothers world of genteel respectability and their grandfathers and uncles world of cowboy masculinity, neither molly nor ralph can find an acceptable adult role to aspire to. Click to read more about the mountain lion by jean stafford. The mountain lion washington county cooperative library. Jean stafford books list of books by author jean stafford. An examination of the influence of gender roles on identity and development, it details the coming of age of a brother and sister who spend summers at their uncles ranch. In mountain lion, sibling love becomes loathing jean stafford s powerful, 1947 novel chronicles the gradual dissolution of a brothersister bond. The mountain lion by jean stafford, 9781590173527, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Thanks to manillan for 3d visuals and to youtube user timsvideochannel1 for rail footage. Books by jean stafford author of the collected stories of.
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The mountain lion by jean stafford english paperback book free shipping the mountain lion by jean stafford estimated delivery 312 business days format paperback condition brand new description originally published. Shortly after her return she met the poet robert lowell, whom she married in new york city in 1940. For me, the book was all about the dualities of life. The mountain lion by jean stafford overdrive rakuten.
She followed this remarkable debut with two more acclaimed novels, the mountain lion 1947 and the catherine wheel 1952. Boston adventure the mountain lion the catherine wheel the collected stories of jean stafford the writing remains precisely honed, the sensibility intelligent and seemingly impartial. Aug 28, 2010 jean staffords introduction to her 1947 novel, the mountain lion, closes with. Jean stafford is a mostly forgotten midcentury american author. In 1944 she published her first book, boston adventure, a best selling novel of manners, and her second and most highly acclaimed novel, the mountain lion, followed in 1947years. Jean stafford 191579 was the author of three novels, boston adventure, the mountain lion, the catherine wheel, as well as several childrens and nonfiction books. Guy davenport, the new york times its a terrific book, witty and smart as stafford always was, and kind in its treatment of these two strangely irresistible children. Jean stafford biography and list of works jean stafford books. The mountain lion by jean stafford, paperback barnes. She followed up this initial success with two more acclaimed novels, the mountain lion 1944 and the catherine wheel 1952, and became a prolific writer of short stories for the new.
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