{"product_id":"9780525435426","title":"Recapitulation: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAngle of Repose\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrossing to Safety. \u003c\/i\u003eHere is the incredible, moving sequel to the bestselling \u003ci\u003eBig Rock Candy Mountain \u003c\/i\u003eby \u003cb\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e \"\u003c\/i\u003edean of Western writers\u003ci\u003e\" (The New York Times).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruce Mason returns to Salt Lake City not for his aunt’s funeral, but to encounter the place he fled in bitterness forty-five years ago. A successful statesman and diplomat, Mason had buried his awkward childhood and sealed himself off from the thrills and torments of adolescence to become a figure who commanded international respect. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth the realities of the present recede in the face of ghosts of his past. As he makes the perfunctory arrangements for the funeral, we enter with him on an intensely personal and painful inner pilgrimage: we meet the father who darkened his childhood , the mother whose support was both redeeming and embarrassing, the friend who drew him into the respectable world of which he so craved to be a part, and the woman he nearly married. In this profound book, the sequel to the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Big Rock Candy Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, Wallace Stegner has drawn an intimate portrait of a man understanding how his life has been shaped by experiences seemingly remote and inconsequential.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084746686525,"sku":"9780525435426","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780525435426_p0.jpg?v=1775243634","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780525435426","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}