Richard Ford
American novelist whose Frank Bascombe trilogy chronicles American male middle-class life over thirty years with sombre intelligence. Independence Day won the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. He is considered one of the finest chroniclers of contemporary American experience.
Works
- The SportswriterDivorced sportswriter contemplates his marriage and life amid interviews
- Independence DayMiddle-aged divorced man's summer road trip amid quiet desperation
- Rock SpringsCollection of stories about drifters and travelers in American West
- WildlifeTeenage boy confronts family disintegration during prairie fire
- The Lay of the LandAging widower reflects on marriage and mortality in New Jersey
- CanadaMan escapes to Saskatchewan after father's death and marriage's failure