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'''Crossing to Safety''' is a 1987 [[autobiographical novel|semi-autobiographical novel]] by [[Wallace Stegner]] which gained broad literary acclaim and commercial popularity.


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Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer and conservationist, who is sometimes called "The Dean of Western Writers".<ref>Evelyn Boswell, "[http://www.montana.edu/news/4110/new-stegner-professor-to-hit-the-ground-running New Stegner professor to hit the ground running], Montana State University News Service, Oct. 5, 2010; retrieved 2013-08-13.</ref> He won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 1972<ref>"[http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1972 1972 Winners]"; retrieved 2013-08-13.</ref> and the U.S. [[National Book Award]] in 1977.<ref>"[http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1977.html#.UyNMNoU6tjY National Book Awards – 1977]", National Book Foundation; retrieved 2013-08-13.</ref>
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'''''Crossing to Safety''''' is a 1987 [[autobiographical novel|semi-autobiographical novel]] by "The Dean of Western Writers",<ref>{{cite web |first=Evelyn |last=Boswell |title=New Stegner professor to hit the ground running | website=Montana State University | date=2006-10-05 | url=http://www.montana.edu/news/4110/new-stegner-professor-to-hit-the-ground-running}}</ref> [[Wallace Stegner]]. It gained broad literary acclaim and commercial popularity.


''Crossing to Safety'' is Stegner's exploration into the mysteries of friendship, and it extends Stegner's distinguished body of work that had already earned him a Pulitzer Prize (for 1971's Angle of Repose) and the National Book Award (for 1976's The Spectator Bird). This story is an eloquent and deeply moving meditation on the idealism and spirit of youth, when the world is full of promise, and on the blows and compromises life inevitably inflicts. The narrator, Larry Morgan and his wife Sally settle in to their new home in Madison, Wisconsin, as Larry begins a term teaching creative writing at the university's English department. They soon befriend another couple, Sid and Charity Lang, and learn of Sid's ambition to succeed as a writer.<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59376-168-4 Review, Stegner's Crossing to Safety], Publishers Weekly; retrieved 2013-08-13.</ref> As their careers mature, they take different paths, but they spend much of their time together on summer vacations in the small Vermont town where Charity's family has been coming for decades.<ref>[http://bookssnob.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/crossing-to-safety-by-wallace-stegner/ Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner], Booksnob; retrieved 2014.03.14.</ref>
In ''Crossing to Safety'', Stegner explores the mysteries of friendship, and it extends Stegner's distinguished body of work that had already earned him a Pulitzer Prize (for 1971's ''[[Angle of Repose (novel)|Angle of Repose]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1972 |title=1972 Winners |website=pulitzer.org}}</ref> and the National Book Award (for 1976's ''[[The Spectator Bird]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1977#.UyNMNoU6tjY |title=National Book Awards – 1977 |publisher=National Book Foundation}}</ref> ''Publishers Weekly'' described the novel as "an eloquent, wise and immensely moving narrative," and "a meditation on the idealism and spirit of youth, when the world is full of promise, and on the blows and compromises life inevitably inflicts."<ref>{{cite web | title=Fiction Book Review: Crossing to Safety by Wallace Earle Stegner | website=PublishersWeekly.com | date=1987-08-04 | url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-394-56200-1}}</ref> The story is told mostly in flashback; the narrator, Larry Morgan, and his wife, Sally, settle into their new home in Madison, Wisconsin, as Larry begins a term teaching creative writing at the university's English department. They soon befriend another couple, Sid and Charity Lang, and learn of Sid's ambition to succeed as a writer. As their careers mature, they take different paths, but they spend much of their time together on summer vacations in the small Vermont town where Charity's family has been coming for decades.<ref>{{cite web | title=Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner | website=Book Snob | date=2013-08-29 | url=http://bookssnob.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/crossing-to-safety-by-wallace-stegner/}}</ref>


Stegner's powerful but unassuming narrative traces the bond that develops between the Langs and the Morgans from their first meeting in 1937 through their eventual separation on the occasion of Charity's death from cancer.
Stegner's powerful but unassuming narrative traces the bond that develops between the Langs and the Morgans from their first meeting in 1937 through their eventual separation on the occasion of Charity's death from cancer.
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[[Category:1987 books]]
[[Category:1987 American novels]]
[[Category:American autobiographical novels]]
[[Category:Novels set in Madison, Wisconsin]]


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Latest revision as of 19:02, 9 January 2022

Crossing to Safety
First edition cover
AuthorWallace Stegner
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
1987
Pages277
ISBN978-0-394-56200-1

Crossing to Safety is a 1987 semi-autobiographical novel by "The Dean of Western Writers",[1] Wallace Stegner. It gained broad literary acclaim and commercial popularity.

In Crossing to Safety, Stegner explores the mysteries of friendship, and it extends Stegner's distinguished body of work that had already earned him a Pulitzer Prize (for 1971's Angle of Repose)[2] and the National Book Award (for 1976's The Spectator Bird).[3] Publishers Weekly described the novel as "an eloquent, wise and immensely moving narrative," and "a meditation on the idealism and spirit of youth, when the world is full of promise, and on the blows and compromises life inevitably inflicts."[4] The story is told mostly in flashback; the narrator, Larry Morgan, and his wife, Sally, settle into their new home in Madison, Wisconsin, as Larry begins a term teaching creative writing at the university's English department. They soon befriend another couple, Sid and Charity Lang, and learn of Sid's ambition to succeed as a writer. As their careers mature, they take different paths, but they spend much of their time together on summer vacations in the small Vermont town where Charity's family has been coming for decades.[5]

Stegner's powerful but unassuming narrative traces the bond that develops between the Langs and the Morgans from their first meeting in 1937 through their eventual separation on the occasion of Charity's death from cancer.

References

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  1. ^ Boswell, Evelyn (2006-10-05). "New Stegner professor to hit the ground running". Montana State University.
  2. ^ "1972 Winners". pulitzer.org.
  3. ^ "National Book Awards – 1977". National Book Foundation.
  4. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Crossing to Safety by Wallace Earle Stegner". PublishersWeekly.com. 1987-08-04.
  5. ^ "Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner". Book Snob. 2013-08-29.


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