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FICTION: Birdy. William Wharton Nostalgia for the Present. Andrei Voznesensky • The Coup. John Updike • The Flounder. Günter Grass • The Stories of John Cheever. John Cheever • The World According to Garp. John Irving
FICTION: Birdy, William Wharton Nostalgia for the Present, Andrei Voznesensky ∙The Coup, John Updike ∙The Flounder, Günter Grass ∙The Stories of John Cheever, John Cheever ∙The World According to Garp, John Irving
BIRDY by William Wharton; Knopf;310 pages...
These few flaws arise from excess, from an ambitious giving of more than is strictly required. First Novelist William Wharton (the pseudonym of a Philadelphia-born painter now in his mid-50s and living in Paris) is nothing if not audacious, and his skills and determination make good on promises. Like his afflicted hero, Wharton tries the impossible, and the result, though linked to earth, mysteriously soars...
Philadelphia--home of the Liberty Bell and the Wharton School of Finance--has fostered women's lacrosse for many moons, gaining the reputation as the breeding ground and heartland for the graceful and fastgrowing sport...