The Sunlight Dialogues

The Sunlight Dialogues

<DIV><p> </p><DIV><DIV><B>John Gardner’s sweeping portrait of the collision of opposing philosophical perspectives in 1960s America, centering on the appearance of a mysterious stranger in a small upstate New York town</B></div><DIV> </div></div><DIV>One summer day, a countercultural drifter known only as the Sunlight Man appears in Batavia, New York. Jailed for painting the word “LOVE” across two lanes of traffic, the Sunlight Man encounters Fred Clumly, a sixty-four-year-old town sheriff. Throughout the course of this impressive narrative, the dialogue between these two men becomes a microcosm of the social unrest that epitomized America during this significant historical period—and culminates in an unforgettable ending. </div><DIV> </div><DIV>Beautifully expansive and imbued with exceptional social insight, <i>The Sunlight Dialogues </i>is John Gardner’s most ambitious work andestablished him as one of the most important fiction writers in post–World War II America.  </div><DIV> </div><DIV>This ebook features a new illustrated biography of John Gardner, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Gardner family and the University of Rochester Archives.</div><p> </p></div>