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Mar 13, 2024lilypad_1 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I love the subject of individuals settling the West and was looking forward to reading this especially since it won a Pulitzer Prize. I just didn’t find it compelling enough to finish it.
Jan 25, 2024evan31 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Love this book!!
Jan 25, 2024ginny5cents rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It is in my top ten list of best fiction reads of my old life. Over the years, I have reread it another three times. Each time I relish the long journey.
Aug 01, 2023
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Dec 16, 2022
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Oct 29, 2022
the angle of repose is the angle which soil/sand rests as it rolls down hill. this is the story of the downhill of a marriage. and it's angle of repose
Mar 19, 2022BARosen1112 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Angle Of Repose, to me, is one of those towering achievements in literature that comes along every few years. Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize winner, released in 1971, is a "history" told by Lyman Ward ostensibly about his grandmother,…
Apr 10, 2021loisklassen rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Wallace Stegner is a writer whose work is unforgettable.
Sep 19, 2020Luckybe rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
On one level, this is a story of efforts made to mine resources and bring irrigation to various sections of the great Wild West in the 1800s. On another level, it is the story of a marriage between two competent, intelligent and…
Feb 28, 2019jontalk rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
As with most Pulitzer winners this story is complex yet far from typical as an 'Old West' tale. It's a study in contrast and the human condition. Reconstructing his grandparents life for a book, Lyman Ward's journey is immersive due to…
Jan 25, 2019blue_41 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
"Angle of Repose" is Wallace Stegner's big novel of a family building and adapting to the development of the West in the latter part of the 19th century. The main characters are mining engineer Oliver Ward, his wife Susan B. Ward, who is…
Aug 10, 2017lukasevansherman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I like Wallace Stegner, but found this book hard to get into and, frankly, long and a bit tedious (well over 500 pages). It did win the Pulitzer, so clearly I'm in the minority. I prefer "The Big Rock Candy Mountain." Aside from fiction,…
Jan 19, 2016DorisWaggoner rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I suppose it's unfair to withhold half a star because I often wanted to, as another reviewer put it, shake both Oliver and Susan Ward. And their grandson Lyman Ward, the narrator of the framing sections of the book. Still, I began by…
May 15, 2015crstcampbell rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Stegner has totally annotated my life with his books. I go back through them and re-read my favorite quotes because he can sum up complex feelings beautifully - feelings I couldn't bumble out in any kind of coherent way. This is my fav…
May 13, 2014st126 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of those books to be read slowly and savored. Stegner is a master.
Jun 17, 2013WVMLBookClubTitles rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Stegner won a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for his novel about a retired historian who researches and writes about his pioneer grandparents and the American West. A slow moving story that seamlessly weaves the past and the present as the…
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Mar 01, 2013j_wilson22 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Kind of boring
Sep 09, 2012
It has been a while since a book has made me tear up; but, this one did. One of the better novels that I have read. Well worth it.
Aug 02, 2012rab1953 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A really interesting portrait of life in the early years of the American West. Susan and Oliver are interesting characters with diverse, complex motives. Sometimes you want to give one or other of them a shake and say Smarten up, but you…
Feb 09, 2012PrairieStar rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is one of my all-time favorite books read about 30 years ago!
May 02, 2011photogrrlkp rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Spectacular, beautifully written story of redemption, forgiveness, and learning from your ancestor's mistakes. Very moving, I would recommend this book to anyone.