Stepping Westward: A Novel, by Malcolm Bradbury
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Stepping Westward: A Novel, by Malcolm Bradbury
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At the height of the 1960s, a British writer accepts an academic post in America for a year that he'll never forget English author James Walker has three books to his name, each greeted with middling success and then promptly forgotten. But his résumé is significant enough to earn him a yearlong appointment at Benedict Arnold University as the American college's writer in residence. At Benedict Arnold, Walker is something of a celebrity-a firebrand of 1960s British literary culture whose work, though perhaps met with shrugs at home, is the subject of vibrant scholarly criticism among American academics. Walker, of course, is not quite what some were expecting, and culture clashes abound as he encounters the tropes of American academia in the sixties. Fusty, buttoned-up professors, spirited advocates of free love, and aggressively ambitious colleagues collide to ensure that Walker's year in America will be anything but ordinary.
Stepping Westward: A Novel, by Malcolm Bradbury- Amazon Sales Rank: #4197904 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-19
- Released on: 2015-05-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .98" w x 5.25" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 388 pages
Review “Mr. Bradbury’s observations, nestled into the dialogue and roosting on the transitional asides, are devastatingly quotable.” —Kirkus Reviews “[Stepping Westward] neatly captures the cultural preoccupations of its day.” —The New York Times Book Review “A satirist of great assurance and accomplishment.” —The Observer “Malcolm Bradbury is a satirist of great assurance and accomplishment.” —The Observer “Highly entertaining.” —Margaret Drabble
About the Author Malcolm Bradbury (1932-2000) was a well-known novelist, critic, and academic, as well as founder of the creative writing department at the University of East Anglia. He was the author of seven novels, including The History Man and Rates of Exchange, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He was knighted in 2000 for services to literature and died the same year.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Mis-Stepping Westward By Volkswagen Blues If I could give this 3.5 stars, I would. Bradbury's "Stepping Westward" strings together many comic scenes--some of them cheesy, but some downright hilarious--and takes a satirical westward stab at American campus politics at the outset of the sexual revolution; however, there never seems to be enough tension scraped together to congeal into a viable, inviting plot.Englishman James Walker, a struggling writer, is invited to Benedict Arnold University, in the American town of Party (oh, the hilarity of invented names), to be writer-in-residence for the year. He accepts the offer and moves to the States, where the English department is peopled with all brands of stereotypical American academics, from tight-collared traditionalists to spouse-swapping wannabe radicals. Comedy ensues.There is a great deal of situational humor in this book, largely of the fish-out-of-water, culture-shock variety, with America representing the free-wheeling bedlam and Walker the congenitally repressed Brit, but it's simply not enough to drive the novel to its end, and the later chapters drag. When, at the story's close, Walker boards his England-bound ship, it is quite unclear whether the book's events will leave any lasting impression on him, or on the novel's reader.As an American academic, I appreciated much of the humor in "Stepping Westward," and found myself nodding my head in agreement, even at some of the sillier moments. If you have an interest in these sorts of academic gags (like the novels of David Lodge, for example), then I'm guessing you'll enjoy this book (if and when it comes back into print). If not, I really wouldn't recommend it too strongly.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A wonderful read By AnnH I thoroughly enjoyed this volume but perhaps that is because I know what it is to be a stranger visiting the United States. Very well-written and well-paced. A wonderful read.
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