Virgil Wander / Leif Enger.
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- ISBN: 9780802146687
- ISBN: 0802146686
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 pages)
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthy Press, 2018.
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- Lightning Source, Inc. Ebooks
The first novel in ten years from award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is an enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart
Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is âcruising along at medium altitudeâ when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives but his language and memory are altered and he emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together his personal history and the lore of his broken town, with the help of a cast of affable and curious localsâfrom Rune, a twinkling, pipe-smoking, kite-flying stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son; to Nadine, the reserved, enchanting wife of the vanished man, to Tom, a journalist and Virgilâs oldest friend; and various members of the Pea family who must confront tragedies of their own. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town.
With intelligent humor and captivating whimsy, Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a swift, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often overlooked American Upper Midwest by a âformidably giftedâ (Chicago Tribune) master storyteller. - Lightning Source, Inc. Ebooks
The first novel in ten years from award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is an enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart - Open Road Media
A man seeks to rediscover his broken Midwestern community in a novel that âbrims with grace and quirky charmâ by the author of Peace Like a River (Bookpage).
Movie house owner Virgil Wander is âcruising along at medium altitudeâ when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Though Virgil survives, his language and memory are altered. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together the past.
He is helped by a cast of curious localsâfrom a stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son, to the vanished manâs enchanting wife, to a local journalist who is Virgilâs oldest friend. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town.
Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a journey into the heart of Americaâs Upper Midwest.