Independence Day, Richard Ford
Independence Day, Richard Ford
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Independence Day

Author: Richard Ford

Narrator: Richard Poe

Unabridged: 20 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/28/2008


Synopsis

Hailed as a major American novel, Independence Day is a relentlessly thoughtful, heart-wrenching, yet hilarious portrait of an ordinary American man. Wickedly realistic details and dialog entice you to see modern life filtered through the first-person narrator's complex and evolving consciousness. Apparently directionless since his divorce, Frank Bascombe migrates from one non-committal relationship to another. He freely indulges his tendencies to self absorption, over-intellectualization, and neurotic ambivalence. But all of that changes one fateful Fourth of July weekend, when, armed with the Declaration of Independence, he embarks on a mission to save his troubled teenaged son. Author of The Sportswriter, Richard Ford has won wide recognition as one of our most talented living novelists. Richard Poe's deep, resonant voice augments his powerful characterizations and puts you on intimate terms with one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction.

About Richard Ford

Richard Ford is the author of The Sportswriter; Independence Day, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award; The Lay of the Land; and the New York Times bestseller Canada. His short story collections include the bestseller Let Me Be Frank With You, Sorry for Your Trouble, Rock Springs and A Multitude of Sins, which contain many widely anthologized stories. He lives in New Orleans with his wife Kristina Ford.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jaline on July 05, 2019

In this second novel of Richard Ford’s Frank Bascombe quartet, I was drawn further into the microcosm life and lifestyle of not only the man, but also the macrocosm of America – the environment and history that parallels the structure of his life. In this second novel Frank is experiencing what he ca......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 10, 2019

As much as I enjoyed The Sportswriter, I felt that this book was even better. Frank Bascomb is not in 1987 with a Vote Blue! bumpersticker on the Crown Vic(toria) rolling towards his mid-40s and the end of the Existence period. His wife (we finally learn her name is Ann) has moved to Deep Valley, Co......more

Goodreads review by Glenn on November 10, 2016

Another Home Run in the Frank Bascombe Series Okay, let me just say it: Richard Ford’s fictional alter ego, Frank Bascombe, seems more real to me than many people I know. How is this possible? In Independence Day, the second and most celebrated of his four Bascombe books – it won the Pulitzer Prize an......more

Goodreads review by Maria on January 20, 2018

"To λυπηρό, φυσικά, με την ενήλικη ζωή είναι ότι διακρίνεις στον ορίζοντα να έρχονται πράγματα στα οποία δε θα προσαρμοστείς ποτέ. Τα αναγνωρίζεις ως προβλήματα, ανησυχείς στο έπακρο γι αυτά, προβλέπεις, παίρνεις προφυλάξεις και κάνεις διάφορες διευθετήσεις, λέγοντας στον εαυτό σου ότι πρέπει να αλ......more

Goodreads review by Steve on January 17, 2008

Like Frank Bascombe, Ford's protagonist, I'm middle-aged and sometimes given to contemplation. And while I wouldn't consider Frank a role model, I do give top marks to the book. I give it bonus points for: - Inner thoughts that are meaningful and articulate--the kind that make you say, "Wish I'd thou......more