Marianne Wiggins, Author . Simon & Schuster $25 (400p) ISBN 978-0-684-86969-8
The redoubtable Wiggins, always fearless in choosing subjects for her work (John Dollar; Almost Heaven) here tells the story of the atomic bomb through the eyes of one average Joe, amateur chemist Ray Foster, or "Fos," of Kitty Hawk, N.C....
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Marianne Wiggins, Author . Simon & Schuster $25 (323p) ISBN 978-0-7432-6520-1
Wiggins (Evidence of Things Unseen
, etc.) takes a magnificently Sebald-like approach to fictionalizing the life of photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952)—along with that of a woman named "Marianne Wiggins." The book...
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Marianne Wiggins, Author Viking Books $16.95 (183p) ISBN 978-0-670-81552-4
As evidenced in this provocative collection of short stories, Wiggins seems able to change mood and locale, voice and narrative point of view, with dazzling skill. These 14 tales have a fine variety, but the best are those that involve characters...
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Marianne Wiggins, Author Penguin Books $6.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-14-011227-6
In this ``provocative'' collection of 14 stories, ``Wiggins seems able to change mood and locale, voice and narrative point of view, with dazzling skill,'' praised PW. Particularly noteworthy are tales that involve characters who speak in regional...
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Marianne Wiggins, Author HarperCollins Publishers $12 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-091655-8
Of this ``mesmerizing'' tale of eight shipwrecked British schoolgirls, their governess and her eponymous lover, a sailor, PW observed, ``Wiggins strips away the veneer of civilization to reveal the raw, primitive heart of nature and human nature.'' (
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Marianne Wiggins, Author HarperCollins Publishers $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-016139-2
Powerful, idiosyncratic voices commanding immediately felt emotions distinguish nearly all 13 stories in Wiggins's ( John Dollar ) second collection . Most moving are the tales told by old people--a man struggles to recall the words that will summon
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Marianne Wiggins, Author HarperCollins Publishers $10 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-092164-4
Loss and its imminence permeate Wiggins's second short-story collection, which displays an imposing talent. (June)
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Marianne Wiggins, Author HarperCollins Publishers $23 (337p) ISBN 978-0-06-016951-0
Wiggins (John Dollar; Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone) treats the Bible, its characters and its literary conventions like clay in this maniacally energetic, densely allusive novel. The plot involves a love triangle amidst the collapse of...
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Marianne Wiggins, Author Crown Publishers $3.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-517-70762-3
Heavy-handed symbolism and cryptic plot elements undermine Wiggins's (John Dollar) otherwise provocative novel about two people stunned by grief. Burned-out, Harvard-educated foreign correspondent Holden Garfield wishes he could erase his memories...
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Marianne Wiggins. Simon & Schuster, $28 (544p) ISBN 978-1-4165-7126-1
Pulitzer Prize finalist Wiggins (Evidence of Things Unseen) returns with a powerful epic set on a Southern California ranch during WWII. Rocky Rhodes named the ranch Three Chairs, after Thoreau’s idea that three chairs are for “society”—or “company,”
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