num_pages: 502
description: A collection of offbeat tales which established the author's reputation. Presenting a portrait of small-town American life, the stories describe the town's beginnings and how it developed as the book's narrator - a skinny boy with wire-rimmed glasses - grows up.
language: English
title: Lake Wobegon Days
titlecomplete: Lake Wobegon Days
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, American, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Comedy, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 7854
places: Lake Wobegon, Minnesota, Minnesota
series: Lake Wobegon
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Faber Faber Inc