The Sunlight Dialogues

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Publication Year:
2010

ISBN-13: 9781453203668

<DIV><p>&#160;</p><DIV><DIV><B>John Gardner&rsquo;s sweeping portrait of the collision of opposing philosophical perspectives in 1960s America, centering on the appearance of a mysterious stranger in a small upstate New York town</B></div><DIV>&#160;</div></div><DIV>One summer day, a countercultural drifter known only as the Sunlight Man appears in Batavia, New York. Jailed for painting the word &ldquo;LOVE&rdquo; across two lanes of traffic, the Sunlight Man encounters Fred Clumly, a sixty-four-year-old town sheriff. Throughout the course of this impressive narrative, the dialogue between these two men becomes a microcosm of the social unrest that epitomized America during this significant historical period&mdash;and culminates in an unforgettable ending.&#160;</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>Beautifully expansive and imbued with exceptional social insight, <i>The Sunlight Dialogues </i>is John Gardner&rsquo;s most ambitious work andestablished him as one of the most important fiction writers in post&ndash;World War II America.&#160;&#160;</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>This ebook features a new illustrated biography of John Gardner, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Gardner family and the University of Rochester Archives.</div><p>&#160;</p></div>