| Sudden Rain Contributor(s): Wolff, Maritta (Author), Livesey, Margot (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0743254856 ISBN-13: 9780743254854 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: The long-lost final manuscript from the late novelist is a riveting, resonant story that captures the emotional rhythms of suburban L.A. in the late 60s and early 70s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Noir - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.72" W x 7.9" (0.81 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A vivid, gripping, emotional, and addictive read, Sudden Rain is also a rare and valuable portrait of an era: the long-lost final manuscript of Maritta Wolff--the author who, at the age of twenty-two, published what Sinclair Lewis deemed the most important novel of the year, Whistle Stop (1941). Hailed by Entertainment Weekly as the Nixon-era precursor to Tom Perrotta's acclaimed novel, Little Children this is a compelling drama that offers great insight into the nature of marriage -- both then and now. Now that Sudden Rain has come out of its hiding place -- in Wolff's refrigerator, found after her death -- it remains gloriously frozen in time. Set in the fall of 1972, the novel perfectly captures, with expansive emotion and cinematic detail, the domestic trends of three generations of middle-class couples living in suburban Los Angeles. A brilliant portrait of its burgeoning era, Sudden Rain also offers striking cultural commentary on our everyday notions of love and marriage; individuality, equality, and community; and the promise and pursuit of the American Dream. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wolff, Maritta: - Maritta Wolff was born in 1918 in Michigan. Whistle Stop, her first novel, won the Avery Hopwood Award in 1940. A runaway bestseller, the book was also printed as a special Armed Forces edition for American troops during World War II. Whistle Stop was made into a feature film in 1946, starring Ava Gardner. In the next two decades, Ms. Wolff authored more than five novels, but she hid her final, unpublished manuscript in her refrigerator until her death in 2002. Rediscovered, that novel, Sudden Rain, is available from Scribner. |