Jennifer Morgan Gray: Was there a particular character, image, or idea that inspired the writing of Digging to America? Anne Tyler: In the summer of , I drove my younger daughter to the Baltimore airport to pick up her husband-to-be, who was flying in from San Francisco for our annual beach trip. When we arrived, we found a gigantic, boisterous collection of strangers assembled, holding placards . Digging To America springs forth from the adoption of two Korean girls--one to the Donaldsons, an American family, the other to the Yazdun Family, who are of Iranian heritage, and moves forward in time as the two families come together and share a new tradition: "Arrival Day."/5(). · Anne Tyler. 20, ratings2, reviews. In what is perhaps her richest and most deeply searching novel, Anne Tyler gives us a story about what it is to be an American, and about Maryam Yazdan, who after thirty-five years in this country must finally come to terms with her “outsiderness.”. Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the /5.
Anne Tyler. * At eight o'clock in the evening, the Baltimore airport was nearly deserted. The wide gray corridors were empty, and the newsstands were dark, and the coffee shops were closed. Digging to America, like some of Anne Tyler's other novels that I've read, also offers a sardonic commentary on white middle-class American life. Tyler has a little fun at Brad and Bitsy's expense, while always ensuring that they are still compelling characters and not mere figures of fun. The main characters of Digging to America novel are John, Emma. The book has been awarded with Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (), The International DUBLIN Literary Award Nominee () and many others. One of the Best Works of Anne Tyler. published in multiple languages.
Digging to America. Anne Tyler, Knopf Doubleday. pp. ISBN Summary. Anne Tyler’s richest, most deeply searching novel–a story about what it is to be an American, and about Iranian-born Maryam Yazdan, who, after 35 years in this country, must finally come to terms with her “outsiderness.”. Jennifer Morgan Gray: Was there a particular character, image, or idea that inspired the writing of Digging to America? Anne Tyler: In the summer of , I drove my younger daughter to the Baltimore airport to pick up her husband-to-be, who was flying in from San Francisco for our annual beach trip. When we arrived, we found a gigantic, boisterous collection of strangers assembled, holding placards that made it clear they were waiting to welcome a baby. One senses that, like Dave Donaldson, the bereaved grandfather of "Digging to America," Tyler has begun to shift her focus as she wrestles with the question of how an individual moves forward.
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