In a struggle to protect and preserve her late brother's literary legacy from the destructive forces of the Germans, Maria Pavlovna Chekhov is determined to stage a production of his play, The Seagull, in a war-ravaged theater

Chekhov's Sister: A Novel

Wetherell, W.D.

Literature & Fiction

Little,Brown & Co

A collection of short stories which recreate the America of today from the last moments of World War II to "What Peter Saw" and the first glimmers of Vietnam. The author has written "The Man Who Loved Levittown" which received the Drue Heinz Literature Prize of 1985, and has won many other awards.

Hyannis Boat and Other Stories

Upland Stream: Notes on the Fishing Passion

In an introspective chronicle spanning waters from Yellowstone to Scotland, the author contemplates the art of fly-fishing and his search for the perfect stream

Sports & Outdoors

Hunting & Fishing

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Bulfinch Pr

Short stories explore the experiences of characters including a fanatical tennis player, a man living in retirement on Long Island, and a Black drifter

Man Who Loved Levittown

Short Stories & Anthologies

Avon/Books

Winner of the 2004 Michigan Literary Fiction Award for novel A haunting story of the power of death, the pain of loss, and the possibility of hope. "Gripping, damning, and transfixing." ---Entertainment Weekly " . . . possesses a time-bending gravity. . . . [A] small classic of graceful language and earned emotion." ---San Francisco Chronicle ". . . a beautifully written novel of war and the wrenching grief and unanswerable questions it leaves in its wake. . . . A Century of November is full of precise, startling imagery and elegant, richly poetic description---Wetherell seems genuinely incapable of writing a lazy sentence---and this last section of the novel is as surreal, hypnotic and harrowing as any literature in recent memory. The whole thing, in fact, is a jewel, an unforgettable historical novel that Wetherell has carefully (and artfully) seeded with loads of contemporary resonance." ---Star-Tribune (Minneapolis) "A poignant, probing story. . . . Wetherell's prose and character writing are unflinching . . . [and his] take on a parent's anguish is deeply moving." ---Publishers Weekly "A timely reminder of the devastation of mortal combat. . . ." ---Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A Century of November: A Novel (Michigan Literary Fiction Awards)

Literary

University of Michigan Press

Winner of the 2004 Michigan Literary Fiction Award for novel A haunting story of the power of death, the pain of loss, and the possibility of hope. "Gripping, damning, and transfixing." ---Entertainment Weekly " . . . possesses a time-bending gravity. . . . [A] small classic of graceful language and earned emotion." ---San Francisco Chronicle ". . . a beautifully written novel of war and the wrenching grief and unanswerable questions it leaves in its wake. . . . A Century of November is full of precise, startling imagery and elegant, richly poetic description---Wetherell seems genuinely incapable of writing a lazy sentence---and this last section of the novel is as surreal, hypnotic and harrowing as any literature in recent memory. The whole thing, in fact, is a jewel, an unforgettable historical novel that Wetherell has carefully (and artfully) seeded with loads of contemporary resonance." ---Star-Tribune (Minneapolis) "A poignant, probing story. . . . Wetherell's prose and character writing are unflinching . . . [and his] take on a parent's anguish is deeply moving." ---Publishers Weekly "A timely reminder of the devastation of mortal combat. . . ." ---Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Describes a year in the life of a trout fisherman, and discusses the Vermont River, fly fishing, and trout

Vermont River

Fireside

Although Yellowstone is our oldest, most iconic, and most popular national park, it is perhaps, in W. D. Wetherell's words, “America’s least-known best-known place.” Wetherell, arriving at the park on the eve of his fifty-fifth birthday, feels the need to examine where life’s mileage has brought him. In the encounter that follows, a writer entering late middle age confronts not only a magnificent corner of the vast American landscape but also the American experience itself. Detailed in the wise, humorous, and lyrical language that has long distinguished W. D. Wetherell’s award-winning fiction, this introspective journey merges the fascinating story of Yellowstone’s history and geography with the author’s own story—of marriage and aging, of fatherhood, and of the solace to be found in the beauty of the natural world. Most of all it’s a loving tribute to Yellowstone in autumn, the season when the park and its glories are absolutely at their peak.

Yellowstone Autumn: A Season of Discovery in a Wondrous Land (American Lives)

Nature & Ecology

University Of Nebraska Press

The Man Who Loved Levittown (Drue Heinz Literature Prize, 67)

This book is characterized by narrative vitality and emotional range. In Wetherell’s stories a suburban retiree’s assumptions about the ethos of Long Island life are challenged and dismissed by a younger generation, a young English woman achieves miracles by dancing with wounded soldiers during World War II, a tennis-mad bachelor plays an interior game as real to him as an actual match, and a black drifter converts an Asian couple to his bleak vision of American life and finds strange kinship with them.

The Man Who Loved Levittown (Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize)

United States

University of Pittsburgh Press

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Chekhov's Sister: A Novel

Hyannis Boat and Other Stories

Upland Stream: Notes on the Fishing Passion

Upland Stream: Notes on the Fishing Passion

Man Who Loved Levittown

A Century of November: A Novel (Michigan Literary Fiction Awards)

A Century of November: A Novel (Michigan Literary Fiction Awards)

Vermont River

Yellowstone Autumn: A Season of Discovery in a Wondrous Land (American Lives)

The Man Who Loved Levittown (Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize)