ISBN: 9780679764175 - letting go (vintage international) (11 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The first full-length novel from one of the most renowned writers of the twentieth century, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral, tells the story of a mid-century America and offers "further proof of Mr. Roth's astonishing talent. Letting Go seethes with life" (The New York Times). Published when Roth was twenty-nine and set in Chicago, New York, and Iowa city, Letting Go presents as brilliant a fictional portrait as we have of America in the 1950s defined by social and ethical constraints and by moral compulsions conspicuously different from those of today. Newly discharged from the Korean War army, reeling from his mother's recent death, freed from old attachments and hungrily seeking others, Gabe Wallach is drawn to Paul Herz, a fellow graduate student in literature, and to Libby, Paul's moody, intense wife. Gabe's desire to be connected to the ordered "world of feeling" that he finds in books is first tested vicariously by the anarchy of the Herzes' struggles with responsible adulthood and then by his own eager love affairs. Driven by the desire to live seriously and act generously, Gabe meets an impassable test in the person of Martha Reganhart, a spirited, outspoken, divorced mother of two, a formidable woman who, according to critic James Atlas, is masterfully portrayed with "depth and resonance." The complex liason between Gabe and Martha and Gabe's moral enthusiasm for the trials of others are at the heart of this tragically comic work.…

Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. 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.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 630 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Softcover. Pictorial front cover, with orange lettering on a dark red spine; orange and white lettering on the front cover. No date listed on title page. Copyright page dated 1997; original date of copyright listed as 1961. 630 pages. Very good condition. Light wear to edges and corners. A few small creases to top left corner of back cover, affecting to top corners of page 200 or so onward. Binding is square and sturdy, and pages are free from unwanted markings. Signed by the author, in black ink, on the title page. Signed by Author(s).…

First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "Nov 1979 / To Arnold Krammer / Philip Roth." Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Book is lightly soiled on the spine (just affecting the P and H of Philip). Jacket lightly toned and edgeworn, with a few short closed tears to the spine ends and top edge of the front panel, and accompanying creasing. A presentable copy of the author's second book. Signed.…