num_pages: 464
description: From the winner of the Pulitzer the much-anticipated final volume following Some Luck and Early Warning of her acclaimed American trilogy  a richly absorbing new novel that brings the remarkable Langdon family into our present times and beyond A lot can happen in one hundred years as Jane Smiley shows to dazzling effect in her Last Hundred Years trilogy. But as Golden Age its final installment opens in 1987 the next generation of Langdons face economic social politicaland personalchallenges unlike anything their ancestors have encountered before.Michael and Richie the rivalrous twin sons of World War II hero Frank work in the high-stakes world of government and finance in Washington and New York but they soon realize that ones fiercest enemies can be closest to home; Charlie the charming recently found scion struggles with whether he wishes to make a mark on the world; and Guthrie once poised to take over the Langdons Iowa farm is instead deployed to Iraq leaving the landever the heart of this compelling sagain the capable hands of his younger sister.Determined to evade disaster for the planet and her family Felicity worries that the farms once-bountiful soil may be permanently imperiled by more than the extremes of climate change. And as they enter deeper into the twenty-first century all the Langdon womenwives mothers daughtersfind themselves charged with carrying their storied past into an uncertain future.Combining intimate drama emotional suspense and a full command of history Golden Age brings to a magnificent conclusion the century-spanning portrait of this unforgettable familyand the dynamic times in which theyve loved lived and a crowning literary achievement from a beloved master of American storytelling.
language: English
title: Golden Age
publisher: Knopf