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Not only a book of a lifetime, Crossing to Safety is a book that comes at the end of a long lifetime of writing....a miraculous book, written with the wisdom of age but without seeming old...A book of great maturity, this one, and not to be missed.
--Gillian Slovo, The Independent, Friday 5th December 2008
--Gillian Slovo, The Independent, Friday 5th December 2008
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A novel of the friendships and woes of two couples, which tells the story of their lives in lyrical, evocative prose by one of the finest American writers of the late 20th century.
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Floating upward through a confusion of dreams and memory, curving like a trout through the rings of previous risings, I surface. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Floating upward through a confusion of dreams and memory, curving like a trout through the rings of previous risings, I surface. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the book my wife and I fell in love with after we fell in love with each other more than 12 years ago. Whenever we talk with friends about favorite books, we INSIST that they read Crossing to Safety. We've had to buy several copies over the years because we keep lending copies out -- and we can't blame any of our friends for not returning this book. It's a keeper. Wallace Stegner said this novel was the closest he came to writing autobiographically, which explains a certain brightness not found in, say, Angle of Repose (although AOR is an equally beautiful story).
This is simply a beautifully told story about how a friendship formed and aged, so powerfully written that you will come to appreciate your own friends -- and how you came to be friends -- all the more for having made the journey with the couples in Crossing to Safety. This is a book you fall in love with and return to. I'm actually online right now to buy another copy.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This novel captures the interace between two couples as they grow and mature both together and apart. The perspective of the elderly narrator brings a careful sensitivity and honesty to the relationships and the execution of the final set pieces is pitched just right. If you enjoyed any of the John Updike Rabbit books, or have enjoyed William Wharton's Tidings or Dad then you will love this.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Crossing to Safety is a remarkably beautiful book backed up by a tender, stern intelligence. It's one to be savoured. It is rare to ever feel so connected to characters on the page, to feel you know them so completely, that they could genuinely be picked straight out of life at the time. I loved it. Both couples' journey from youth to late-middle age is examined with a wonderful human eye, seeing all the details that make such people truly human. The interplay and the tensions between all four players are subtle and fascinating. Crossing to Safety is a book I recommend wholeheartedly. It's to treasure.
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Wonderful
Lives with you a long time, long enough to warrant a re-read. Initially I found it a little too autobiographical and it is very literary. Read more
Published 2 months ago by cherrysobo
Not as good as is claimed...
This is a book that has a massive and ultimately somewhat undeserved reputation. It is a tale of four largely comfortable individuals, who lead a charmed and civilised life despite... Read more
Published 14 months ago by bloodsimple
Didn't want it to end
Realised that I was reading slower and slower because I didn't want this book to end, and now that I've finished I want to go back - wind back the years - and start again. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2010 by booksetc
No pain, no gain
'How do you make a book that anyone will read out of lives as quiet as these?' asks the author of his own characters, about two thirds through Crossing to Safety; that seems to be... Read more
Published on 1 July 2008 by reader 451
A Gift To Be Savoured.......So Rich In Content
Crossing to safety is a novel which I took my time with, and savoured every written word. This was a blessing for it was my first experience with this author, and now having the... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2003 by Heather Marshall Negahdar
A must read
I discovered Wallace Stegner through my sister in San Francisco. I first read Crossing To Safety ten years ago and have reread it again and again. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 1999
Beautiful, serious and thought provoking
A provocative story about the bond of friendship. Stegner's characters are vital, fully realized, complex, and thouroughly engaging. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 1999
Beautiful and serious
An provocative story about the bond of friendship. Stegner's characters are vital, fully realized, complex, and thouroughly engaging. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 1999
Outstandingly perceptive, real life struggles.
A longterm perspective of the highs and lows of friendship. Unique to a simpler time, but relavent.
Published on 11 Jun 1999
Couldn't put it down
I must admit that I started this book at least three times, not being able to get past the first chapter or two. Read more
Published on 22 April 1999
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