Independence Day
Title
Attribution
by Richard Ford- Book
Published
1995Availability
Call Number
links
Description and Reviews
Another title for Ford's 1996 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel might be “The Return of Frank Bascombe.” At age 44 he has entered what Bascombe calls “the Existence Period, the high-wire act of normalcy, the part that comes after the big struggle which led to the big blowup.” summarized from Amazon.com Author
Subject
Notes
- Like most people Frank Bascombe of New Jersey, a divorced realtor, has plans for the Fourth of July weekend: find a new home for a client, see his semi-girlfriend and take his son to a sports hall of fame. Instead, one disappointment follows another, but he takes them in his stride–philosophically. By the author of The Sportswriter.
- Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 1996
ISBN
LCCN
