The Works of Love

by Wright Morris

Book Overview

"When I was a boy of eight in the Platte Valley of Nebraska, my father made the first of the many moves that would prove to be of interest to a future writer of fiction. They were east to Chicago, the point on the map where all the lines pointed. Almost twenty years would pass before I would seek to recapture the past that I had experienced.

The Works of Loveis the first fruit of that effort, and the linchpin in my novels concerned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803257678
• ISBN13: 9780803257672
• Release Date: September 1972
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

But it's not about plot

If what keeps you reading is plot, Wright Morris is not for you. If what keeps you going is a sense of longing and humor and an always surprising eye for detail in the most ordinary of lives, he might be. This is my favorite of his many novels about the people and place of the American Midwest in the first half or so of the 20th century. Morris was an awesome photographer and his writing is keenly visual. The stories tender to wander, as the lives of the people in them wander, too, as our own lives wander. There's a lot of loneliness in Morris, beautifully rendered, but always a twinkle of play as well, and a clear love for the people and the land. Morris is as much poet as storyteller, a master smith of phrase and thought. For example, this book begins with a line I'll never forget: "In the dry places, men begin to dream."Take Me With You When You Go