Hard to get into at first, but then it carried me along on a journey that brought about introspection as well as entertainment. Highly recommend for those who enjoy classic literature.

Read this book. Stunningly beautiful writing, vivid imagery and characters you can't help but invest in. Wallace Stegner won the Pulitzer for this book.

I had been hearing high recommendations for Angle of repose for more than a year before I finally decided to read it. What held me back? The misconception that Wallace Stegner, being a contemporary writer that loved writing about the the West, wrote 'Westerns'. I love many genres, but Westerns do not hold my interest so I do not choose to read them.

But I couldn't have been more misinformed. Wallace Stegner loves to place his stories in the West that he grew up in, but they are most definitely not 'Westerns' of the Cowboy/Indian/Wild West variety. You will be hard-pressed to find a more hauntingly eloquent writer, more universal themes, and more vividly life-like characters.

A historian, heartbroken and broken in body, searches for meaning through the reseraching of his grandmother's biography. A study of this woman, whose life led from the cultural salons of the East to the mud streets of mining towns on the Western frontiers, reveals a family tragedy and fragile reconciliation of sorts...one that may help strenghten him in the path of forgiveness he must follow to repair his personal tragedies.

this could possibly be the best written book i have ever read! it won the Pulitzer in the early 70's and ambles along telling its story taking its time as a storyteller in the old west would do.
a historian who is confined to a wheelchair decides to write the history of his grandparents who were some of the first people to settle the west. it is about the ups and downs of mining,marriage,family and the time out on the plains.
a must read for those who love historical fiction that is genuine and wonderful

One of the very few books that I've read twice. A wonderful story of a family on the Western frontier, told by a master. Wallace Stegner was a brilliant writer. Anyone would enjoy this book, winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize.

As old as I am, I believe this is the first time I have ever read a Pulitzer Prize winning book. I may have read another in the far distant past, but if I did, I certainly don't remember it like I will remember this book. It is a story that kept me spell-bound and I would recommend it as highly as I can. You will be drawn in by the author and kept on the brink throughout the entire read. I can't say enough good things about this book and am looking forward to reading more by Wallace Stegner. What a great author.

Highly recommended for history of the westward expansion and development of the United States. Took me quite a while to read because I got interested in many of the side themes and real people mentioned in this novel. You could read the basic plot line without much time or trouble. It's the related material that adds to the interest and the time required to read and absorb what I think Stegner wants the reader to learn about. Also, good treatment of dichotomy between the East and the West of the U.S., a subject less familiar to me than the dichotomy between North and South.

This is one of my favorite books.

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Slow without being boring. Interesting, multi-dimensional characters that you can really empathize with. Maybe I like it because the story reminds me of my grandmother (college educated in the 1920s who gave up her career possibilities to follow her geologist husband to the middle of the California desert).

This is a wonderful book. You get both the author's interpretation of the people he is writing about, as well as his life. It was a great read!!

The best of Stegner's books -- fully worthy of aa Pulitzer!

"A severely disabled professor, whose marriage has failed, researches and writes the saga of his pioneer grandparents, a couple whose marriage lasted in spite of tremendous adversity and tragedy...

Stegner won the Pulitzer for Angle of Repose...It's a big, long, lush, slowly progressing story that weaves the distant past with the near past with the present beautifully and seamlessly.

Superb. Read this one and savor it. Don't rush yourself." amazon review

an engrossing tale of a family.

Very good. Wonderful story; unexpected elements; sweeping story of four generations of an American family carving out a life in the West.

Interesting portrait of a woman trying to survive in the American West, as told by her dying grandson.

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