Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: University of California Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0520244753 ISBN 13: 9780520244757
Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: New York : Pantheon Books, c1996., 1996
ISBN 10: 067943982X ISBN 13: 9780679439820
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st. ed., 1st printing ; 305 p. ; 25 cm. ; SIGNED by author on title page ISBN 067943982X ; LCCN 95031552 ; LOC No PS3569.H39145 W66 1996 ; OCLC 32819757 ; blue cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; A Southern family saga featuring one protagonist, but many narrators. The protagonist is Harrison Durrance of Georgia and the narrators include a fellow cadet from West Point, his wife, his sister, his mistress, his children. In the course of portraying this one man from various and sometimes conflicting points of view, a family's history is told. A first novel ; The Wonder Book of the Air leads us through the lives of three generations in a Southern family. At the center is Harrison Durrance, who learns early that the nature of love is both transaction and transgression. As a young man he comes into his own during World War II, where he falls for the magic of flight and thrives on the danger of battle. He has become a man of undeniable magnetism, brash and vigorously optimistic. But when the war is over and he is back on the ground - in cold-war America - Harrison loses his bearings and catapults out of orbit. As his notions of the world begin to fail him and the people he claims to love fail to understand him, he sabotages his career, drinks to excess, and drives his family into emotional bedlam. But the story is not Harrison's alone. In Cynthia Shearer's arresting vision, the turbulence Harrison creates is woven into a canvas that captures the seismic shifts of history, of change, of forces that we try to name to protect ourselves from their randomness. In the wake of Harrison's terrifying-and-terrified behavior, we watch his children search for hope in the emotional wreckage and find some understanding of solace, compassion, and love. --Source: Publisher ; Cynthia Shearer is the former curator of Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner, and holds a M.A. in English from the University of Mississippi. She has been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. ; bookplate of Decatur Book Festival volunteer David Neville (1951-2020) ; FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 50,55
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 338 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Verlag: Northirdge, CA: Dena Harman., 1983
Anbieter: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität Signiert
Zustand: Good. Typed letter signed on Wallace Stevens Journal letterhead, 8.5" x 5.5", Single Leaf recto & verso, Very Good.Provenance: Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.
Zustand: Good. Good condition. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.