num_pages: 451
description: The Pulitzer-Prize Winning novel for 1996.In this visionary sequel to The Sportswriter, Richard Ford deepens his portrait of one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction, and in so doing gives us an indelible portrait of America.Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career, has entered an "Existence Period," selling real estate in Haddam, New Jersey, and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But over one Fourth of July weekend, Frank is called into sudden, bewildering engagement with life.Independence Day is a moving, peerlessly funny odyssey through America and through the layered consciousness of one of its most compelling literary incarnations, conducted by a novelist of astonishing empathy and perception.
language: English
title: Independence Day
titlecomplete: Independence Day
characters: Frank Bascombe
genres: Classics, Adult Fiction, Fiction, The United States Of America, Novels, American Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 15913
places: New Jersey
series: Frank Bascombe
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage