Plains Song
This narrative, which on its surface is an account of three generations of women (and a few of their men) living on the plains of Nebraska, only gets more strange and beautiful the more you look at it, like a photograph that slowly reveals its truth under very close inspection.
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- ISBN-13
- 9780803283299
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- National Book Award for FictionWonMajor(1981)
Other awarded books from Wright Morris
- The Field of Vision (1978)1 win · 12 score
- Ceremony in Lone Tree (2001)0 wins · 4 score
- Love Among the Cannibals (2018)0 wins · 4 score
- The Huge Season (1955)0 wins · 4 score
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