Lay of the Land

Frank Bascombe has arrived at a state of optimistic pragmatism that he calls the Permanent Period of life. Frank reflects that now there are fewer opportunities left in life to get things wrong. As Thanksgiving dinner with his children and first wife nears, the Permanent Period proves as full of possibility as life had ever been.

Frank Bascombe a ajuns la o stare de pragmatism optimist pe care o numeste Perioada Permanenta a vietii. Frank reflecta ca acum mai sunt mai putine oportunitati in viata de a gresi lucrurile.