· Written by the author of October Light and The Sunlight Dialogues, Nickel Mountain is a wonderfully conceived narrative about one man’s search for fulfillment in a lonely world. “There is enough life here for several novels Nickel Mountain is worth the trip.” —Chicago Sun-TimesBrand: Open Road Media. NICKEL MOUNTAIN. by John Gardner ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 5, "A Pastoral Novel," so subtitled and altogether free of those Sunlight Dialogues — actually closest in design and intent to Gardner's first book The Resurrection and once again a small town in the Catskills circumscribes whatever takes place here the features of ordinary life — universals you might say — all moving to the same terminus, Author: Kirkus Reviews. Nickel Mountain by John Gardner. Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included.
Nickel Mountain is a story of moral renovation. Gardner's mildly ironic opening sentence announces the novel's preoccupation with the spiritual life of its central figure: "In December, John Gardner (American writer) John Champlin Gardner Jr. (J - Septem) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. Nickel Mountain by John Gardner Nickel Mountain by John Gardner. Menu. Home; Translate. Reading Pdf Stress Less Coloring - Psychedelic Patterns PDF Book Free Download PDF. Max Einstein (3 Book Series) Add Comment Reading Pdf Stress Less Coloring - Psychedelic Patterns PDF Book Free Download PDF Edit.
Nickel Mountain by John Gardner. Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included. At the heart of John Gardner’s Nickel Mountain is an uncommon love story: when at 42, the obese, anxious and gentle Henry Soames marries seventeen-year-old Callie Wells–who is pregnant with the child of a local boy–it is much more than years which define the gulf between them. But the beauty of this novel is the gradual revelation of the bond that develops as this unlikely couple experiences courtship and marriage, the birth of a son, isolation, forgiveness, work, and death in a small. “Nickel Mountain,” that is, has the look of being the result of certain conclusions Gardner had written himself toward: that “what was important was unspeakable,” but perhaps susceptible.
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