Virgil Wander
Leif Enger
The first novel in ten years from award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is an enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is "cruising along at medium altitude" when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives but his language and memory are altered and he emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together his personal history and the lore of his broken town, with the help of a cast of affable and curious locals--from Rune, a twinkling, pipe-smoking, kite-flying stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son; to Nadine, the reserved, enchanting wife of the vanished man, to Tom, a journalist and Virgil's oldest friend; and various members of the Pea family who must confront tragedies of their own. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town. With intelligent humor and captivating whimsy, Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a swift, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often overlooked American Upper Midwest by a "formidably gifted" (Chicago Tribune) master storyteller. Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Leif EngerPublisher: Grove PressPublished: 10/02/2018ISBN: 9780802128782Pages: 352Weight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20dReview Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2018 pg. 45Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018Booklist 08/01/2018 pg. 29Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 52BookPage 10/01/2018Shelf Awareness 10/05/2018
Book Title
Virgil Wander
ISBN
9780802128782
The first novel in ten years from award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is an enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is "cruising along at medium altitude" when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives but his language and memory are altered and he emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together his personal history and the lore of his broken town, with the help of a cast of affable and curious locals--from Rune, a twinkling, pipe-smoking, kite-flying stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son; to Nadine, the reserved, enchanting wife of the vanished man, to Tom, a journalist and Virgil's oldest friend; and various members of the Pea family who must confront tragedies of their own. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town. With intelligent humor and captivating whimsy, Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a swift, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often overlooked American Upper Midwest by a "formidably gifted" (Chicago Tribune) master storyteller.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Leif Enger
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 10/02/2018
ISBN: 9780802128782
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2018 pg. 45
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018
Booklist 08/01/2018 pg. 29
Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 52
BookPage 10/01/2018
Shelf Awareness 10/05/2018
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Leif Enger
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 10/02/2018
ISBN: 9780802128782
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2018 pg. 45
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018
Booklist 08/01/2018 pg. 29
Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 52
BookPage 10/01/2018
Shelf Awareness 10/05/2018
The first novel in ten years from award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is an enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is "cruising along at medium altitude" when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives but his language and memory are altered and he emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together his personal history and the lore of his broken town, with the help of a cast of affable and curious locals--from Rune, a twinkling, pipe-smoking, kite-flying stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son; to Nadine, the reserved, enchanting wife of the vanished man, to Tom, a journalist and Virgil's oldest friend; and various members of the Pea family who must confront tragedies of their own. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town. With intelligent humor and captivating whimsy, Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a swift, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often overlooked American Upper Midwest by a "formidably gifted" (Chicago Tribune) master storyteller.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Leif Enger
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 10/02/2018
ISBN: 9780802128782
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2018 pg. 45
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018
Booklist 08/01/2018 pg. 29
Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 52
BookPage 10/01/2018
Shelf Awareness 10/05/2018
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Leif Enger
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 10/02/2018
ISBN: 9780802128782
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2018 pg. 45
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018
Booklist 08/01/2018 pg. 29
Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 52
BookPage 10/01/2018
Shelf Awareness 10/05/2018