Isbn: 9780679640196 - shadow country: a new rendering of the watson legend. winner of the national book award, fiction 2008 (modern library) (14 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - Altogether gripping, shocking, and brilliantly told, not just a tour de force in its stylistic range, but a great American novel, as powerful a reading experience as nearly any in our literature.--Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River, and Bone by Bone--Peter Matthiessen's great American epic about Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson on the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century--were originally conceived as one vast, mysterious novel. Now, in this bold new rendering, Matthiessen has marvelously distilled a monumental work while deepening the insights and motivations of his characters with brilliant rewriting throughout. Praise for Shadow Country Magnificent . . . breathtaking . . . Finally now we have this three-part saga] welded like a bell, and with Watson's song the last sound, all the elements fuse and resonate.--Los Angeles TimesPeter Matthiessen has done great things with the Watson trilogy. It's the story of our continent, both land and people, and his writing does every justice to the blood fury of his themes.--Don DeLillo The fiction of Peter Ma­­tthiessen is the reason a lot of people in my generation decided to be writers. No doubt about it. Shadow Country lives up to anyone's highest expectations for great writing. --Richard Ford Shadow Country, Matthiessen's distillation of the earlier Watson saga, represents his original vision. It is the quintessence of his lifelong concerns, and a great legacy.--W. S. Merwin An] epic masterpiece . . . a great American novel.--The Miami Herald.…

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: acceptable. The book has obvious signs of wear which may include some damage to the cover, deeper corner dings, markings, or creases, but its integrity is intact. The binding may also be slightly damaged but its integrity is intact. There may also be possible writing in the margins and underlining and highlighting of text, but there are no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text. The imagery is a stock photo of the item.…

Zustand: good. Good: The book has been read but is in good condition. It has very minimal damage to the cover, including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. The binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages. See the seller's listing for full details and a description of any imperfections.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Third printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Near Fine. Third printing. 892pp. Octavo [21cm]. Bound in gray cloth, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Very subtle rubbing and light bumping to extremities. Slight indent at head of spine. Dust jacket a touch rubbed. Inscribed by Peter Matthiesen on the title page. A streamlined and revised version of the "Killing Mr. Watson" trilogy.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 912 pages; 2008 Modern Library. Stout HC/DJ. First edition, first printing of Matthiessen's ambitious reworking of his Watson trilogy into a single volume. Tightly bound and very neat in sharp-edged, uniformly bright color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $40 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Just a whisper of shelf evidence to jacket extremities. Feels and appears unread. Early issue jacket with no mention or sticker referencing the National Book Award. Winner of the 2008 National Book Award for Fiction. NF/NF . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. …

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 892 pages. A new rendering of this acclaimed Watson trilogy from Matthiessen that restores it to his vision as a single work. A near fine copy in gray cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket.

Roughcut. Zustand: Brand New. 912 pages. 5.25x8.50x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Matthiessen combined his three Watson novels in this new rendering, with significant revisions. Winner of the 2008 National Book Award. Very faint mark to upper page edges, else about fine, in near fine dustjacket with a small snag at upper edge of rear panel and a few other minor nicks and scratches, still a very nice copy.…

Hardcover. dj. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, xi, 892 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black and green spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "U.S.A. $40.00/ Canada $45.00", has a small tear along the spine tail edge. Boards have mild bending along the fore corners and spine head and tail edges. Textblock has a creasing along the tail edge of pages 414-416, and mild shelving wear along the edges. Contains a book plate signed by Peter Matthiessen attached to the front end-page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391661. Special Collections - Downstairs. Signed.…