Lake Wobegon Days
A chronicle of this imaginary place, narrated by a skinny kid with wire-rimmed glasses who is raised as a straitlaced Protestant but is fascinated by the Catholic Church (he dreams of being burnt at the stake) and by the notion of a more exotic family background (he'd like to be called Keillorini).
A chronicle of this imaginary place, narrated by a skinny kid with wire-rimmed glasses who is raised as a straitlaced Protestant but is fascinated by the Catholic Church (he dreams of being burnt at the stake) and by the notion of a more exotic family background (he'd like to be called Keillorini).
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571225538 (0571225535)
Publish date: February 3rd 2005
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
A friend of mine saw I was reading this book and expressed surprise; she didn't think this would be something I'd like. "So you think a big city gal like me can't appreciate small town charm?" "Yup," she answered. I'd love to prove her wrong, because I'm perverse that way and hate to admit she knows...
Garrison Keillor is kind of an underrated writer. He gets dismissed because nearly all his stories are heavy with small town Minnesota nostalgia. But any writer can tell a story about terrorists and time-travel and dinosaurs and atomic bombs and make it exciting. It takes real talent to tell a st...
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