num_pages: 502
description: The work is a humorous account of life in fictitious Lake Wobegon, Minnesota, a heartland small town. Its early chapters are written in the form and style of a history of the town and later ones chronicle the lives, concerns, and activities of its inhabitants, with intergenerational tensions and relationships forming a major theme. Most of the latter material was originally delivered on radio in the form of monologues. Due to the nature of the original material, the second half of the novel has many recurring characters but little in the way of plot, resembling an incompletely integrated group of short stories.
language: English
title: Lake Wobegon Days
titlecomplete: Lake Wobegon Days
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, Comedy, Humor, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 7857
places: Minnesota, Lake Wobegon, 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 and Faber