ISBN: 9781931082204 - collected stories & later writings (library of america, band 2) (14 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The Library of America has made it easier for readers to enjoy Bowles's exotic literary harvest. -- The Columbus Dispatch Paul Bowles was a composer, writer, and an American expatriate who spent most of the last five decades of his life in Tangier. According The Boston Globe, he was one of the literary class acts of the twentieth century. This Library of America volume, containing his stories and travel writings, is one of two volumes in the first annotated edition of Paul Bowles's work and is a treasure trove for readers who haven't explored beyond The Sheltering Sky (The Seattle Times). All the tales are a variety of detective story, wrote Bowles of his first collection, The Delicate Prey and Other Stories (1950), in which the reader is the detective; the mystery is the motivation for the characters' behavior. In such stories as A Distant Episode and How Many Midnights, Bowles pushes human character beyond socially defined limits and maps a transformed (often horribly transformed) reality. A master of gothic terror and an acute and at times diabolically funny observer of manners and motives both American and Moroccan, Bowles confirmed his mastery of the short story in such volumes as A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard (1962), The Time of Friendship (1967), Things Gone and Things Still Here (1977), and Midnight Mass (1981), all included here along with a selection of his final stories. This volume also contains Up Above the World (1966), a frightening novella set in Latin America in which a trusting American couple are lured into an annihilating trap, and the informed and fascinating travel book Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue (1963).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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: 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. 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Volume and dust wrapper both in very good condition . 8vo. Still in publisher's original shrink wrap, but the shrink wrap is cracked in places which has let a little dustiness in affecting the text block edges, else in as new condition. Starting in 1979, The Library of America was founded as a not-for-profit organisation with the explicit intention of preserving the literary heritage of the United States by keeping permanently in print the best of American literature. The series includes over 300 volumes, all authoritative editions averaging over 1000pp and featuring cloth covers, sewn bindings and ribbon markers. All are printed on premium acid-free paper that will not tan over time. We have many titles from this fine series of quality produced books in stock and can offer generous discounts to those ordering more than one title at a time - please inquire.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked, unread copy in clean slipcase. BP/Fiction.

1st edition. 8vo. xi + 1059pp. + adverts. Original boards. Pictorial black d/w. lettered in white. Very good. The Library of America 135. ISBN 1931082200 US$12.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Slipcase Good. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1050 pages. 8.25x7.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2002. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnPaul Bowles had already established himself as an important American composer when, at the age of 38, he published The Sheltering Sky and became widely recognized as one of the most powerful writers of the postwar period. .