Isbn: 9780394570402 - statutes of limitations (13 resultados)

Hardcover. First Ed, so stated. First Edition, so stated. Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; price intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 215pp. Deckle Fore-edge. Hardback with DJ. Intelligent, thoughtful and lucidly expressed, Engle's new novel portrays a man trying to come to terms with a void in his life. After selling his small chain of bookstores around Boston, Ben Morrison looks forward to a promised administrative position at a fledgling community college, with the possibility of a teaching job, too. But he has a strong feeling that his good fortune hasn't been earned, that catastrophe is waiting to strike, and he experiences a disquieting lack of direction as each day dawns. Ben feels distanced from his familyhis wife Lucky seems self-absorbed; his sons live far from home; his daughter Sarah, a lawyer, is having difficulty in her relationship with her lover Carl, a former activist with an uncertain future. In addition, Lucky's mother Faith, whose spirit Ben has long admired and whose insights he has relied upon, is dying. When Carl's past appears to imperil his application for a government-funded grant, Ben attempts to intervene and, in the process of untangling some consequences of Carl's actions, uncovers the roots of his own hopes and convictions. As Lucky plans her mother's 85th birthday celebration, Sarah announces she is pregnant, and Faith's condition worsens. Engel, head of Harvard's writing program and author of Fish and Voyager Belsky, conveys the subtle shifts of his characters' emotional equilibrium with respect and attention. Their conversation, in particular, is luminous, as carefully wrought and revealing as discourse in the novels of Henry James.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Publisher: Knopf, NYC., 1988. First Edition, First Printing. FINE- hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Previous owner's name rubber-stamped atop the front free end paper. NOT remainder marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

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

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

hardback. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 215 p. ; 22 cm.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket covered in protective mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First edition. Spine end lightly bumped, else fine in fine dust jacket. A novel.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Remainder mark, modest edgewear, near fine in near fine modestly edgeworn dust jacket. A novel.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket with slight toning.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some near fine.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Affectionately Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco by the author. A novel.