Down dead von shane stevens (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing. Author's highly praised first book, a novel set in Harlem in the 1960s - the story of King Henry, 16 years old, and he knows a lot - he knows who sells what - drugs, sex, guns and bullets. And most of all, he knows hopelessness and the one way out of it. While some authors (among them Ishmael Reed) have criticized Stevens for being a white man writing about black lives, his life and attitudes were complex - Stevens described the language in this book as Òthe language of the people who live it. So that the reader may become a participant and not just a spectator. It is a language of pain, or despair and neglect - yes, and of hope as well.Ó Stevens grew up in largely black neighborhoods, of HellÕs Kitchen and then Harlem, and he wrote about what he knew. Stephen KIng commented that Stevens produced "three of the finest novels ever written about the dark side of the American Dream." 236 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket (short closed tear to fold of dj, other minor edgewear, crease on front flap).…

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. First book by the enigmatic Stevens, a gritty crime novel about a Harlem gang in the early 1960's. Jacket art by S. A. Summit. Fine in fine dustjacket.

8°, 181 S., Rundumrotschnitt, Text: englisch, farbig illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), untere Ecke des Vorderdeckels mit Knickspur, Rückdeckel am Seitenschnitt minimal bestoßen, Einbandkanten an wenigen Stellen leicht beschabt, sonst schönes, sauberes Exemplar Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend, close to Musterschule) is possible. It saves the shipping costs.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 236 pages. First edition, first printing. His first novel about a sixteen-year-old man-boy and leader of The Playboys, a Harlem gang of the early sixties. Dust jacket art by S. A. Summit. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy.…

1 vols. 8vo. dj. First edition. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloith and boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.