Publicado por The University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Monkey House Books, Miller Place, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 12 short stories. 200 pages, jacket in clear wraps. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Dust Jacket condition Fine.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, 1990, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition NF/NF (small crease in bottom corner of front flap; boards slightly bowed).
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Enterprise Books, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Book and DJ in As New condition, but .underling and margin notes to text. ; 2oo pages.
Publicado por Univ of Georgia Pr, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press November 1989, 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: USED Good.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price). Beige buckram with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
hardcover. 1st edition. 8vo, 200 pp., Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, Boards slightly warped, else fine Nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Daedalus Books, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: CBA
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. First Edition. Nice, bright copy. ; 8vo; 200 pages.
Publicado por Univ of Georgia Pr, 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Barsoom Books, Torrance, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/1st printing. This book is square, solid, and unread; the boards are solid and unblemished, and the dust jacket is sharp and glossy. No price clippings, no remainder marks. You'll be so thrilled with this book upon its arrival you'll hop, skip, and do the pogo with wild abandon upon its arrival! NOTE: Dust jacket is in protective archival Brodart cover.
Publicado por The University of Geogia Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Garys Books, Apache Junction, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Author of LIVING TO TELL and IN THE LAND OF MEN. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Garys Books, Apache Junction, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Signed by Author(s) 0820311561 First printing. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, U.S.A., 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
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Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED by author on a bookplate decal on front end page (signature only). Also includes laid-in is a handwritten SIGNED thank you note (ANS) from author. Author's first book. Signed by Author.
Publicado por Brand: University of Georgia Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. A dozen stories deal primarily with marriages--whether just beginning, in progress, influx, or ending--including "Substitute," "Cold Places," "Affair Lite," and more.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, U.S.A., 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: TXBA
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine+. First Edition/First Printing.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Bodacious Books, Madill, OK, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. 1990. Hardback. Fine. First Edition. First Print. Very collectible copy, excellent addition to your collection. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Books are packed and shipped in boxes. Hardback.
Publicado por U.of Georgia Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Enterprise Books, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. First Edition; First Printing. No defects. No names or ANY markings. ; 200 pages.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: MyLibraryMarket, Waynesville, OH, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Like New. mylar cover over the dj - My shelf location 40-d-26.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by University of Georgia Press, 1990. Octavo. Gray cloth boards stamped in gray with gray endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. Publisher's info sheet laid in. 200 pages. ISBN: 0820311561. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. "1" in number row. VIRTUALLY AS NEW IN DUST JACKET.
Publicado por UGA Press, Athens, GA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st.
Publicado por UGA Press, Athens, GA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st.
Publicado por UGA Press, Athens, GA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Jen's Books, Douglas, WY, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good jacket Very Good in Very Good jacket 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches. Condition very good in beige cloth boards, DJ very good, clean tight 1st edition. From Publishers Weekly: Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, the Nelson Algren Award and a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award, Nelson makes a vivid and exciting debut with this short-story collection. In the dozen entries here, we meet characters who negotiate intricate pathways through the adversity, loneliness, sadness and ironies of human relations. The bonds of marriage are scrutinized throughout, against settings that range from Atlanta to Chicago to a Colorado canyon. In the title work, the narrator is a teenage boy from a family "Catholic only in theory and size, " who parks cars at his sister's wedding to Chris the Sicilian. When the event ends in chaos he finds himself identifying with his father: "I was him, I was my father and his life was happening to me. I was a man looking out at a neighborhood gone not bad, but askew, with cyclone fences and Gypsies and shootings at weddings. " Two stories, "Mud Season" and "Looking for Tower Hall, " concern the same family coping with the death of a daughter. The mother, Lois, looks perpetually for meaning: "Lois believed in human interest stories in the newspaper the way she believed in dreams. She was susceptible to both, drawn to their messages, which she took almost entirely at face value. " In writing that is both charming and intelligent, Nelson displays a fresh and distinctive talent. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at the title page and there is also an inscription at the half-title page, "To the Cutlers, In hopes all is well. Toni Nelson March 92". First Edition [1990]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows just a touch of splay to the front and rear boards; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only an unobtrusive imperfection. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. The DJ shows a hint of rubbing to the panels; else flawless; unclipped; mylar-protected. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches). 200 pages. Language: English. Weight: 17.4 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Antonya Nelson's short stories are provocative and entertaining because they tell us a great deal about ourselves, both in terms of the way that her characters' actions and reactions mirror our own, as well as in how we respond to the situations and characters we encounter in her work. Her stories are populated by characters who seem damaged yet strong, whose actions and dialogue convey more to us than we may consciously realize. Antonya Nelson's gift is her ability to create realistic and compelling stories without the use of gimmicky or contrived hooks, and to keep her stories moving forward on the strength of her vividly drawn characters and their unique and all-too-human motivations. My personal favorites in this collection are "Dog Problems," in which a husband deals with the possibility that his wife loves her dog more than him, and the title story, "The Expendables," which remains with me the way that Flannery O'Connor's and Joyce Carol Oates's best short stories stay with me: like a haunting but pleasant refrain that won't stop replaying itself in my head. In this story we visit the scene of a wedding, and follow one of the the bride's brothers as he encounters his relatives, his future brother-in-law, and a gypsy family down the street in the midst of a funeral service. It is absolutely one of the best short stories of the 20th century, and helps to justify Antonya Nelson's selection by The New Yorker as one of the most important young writers in America today. I'm tempted to say that this is contemporary short fiction at its best, except that these stories would stand out regardless of when they were published -- which makes them not so much contemporary as timeless. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition [1990]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.
Publicado por The University of Georgia Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 1990 Hard Cover. 200 pp. Author's first book. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. A dozen stories deal primarily with marriages--whether just beginning, in progress, influx, or ending--including "Substitute," "Cold Places," "Affair Lite," and more. Most of the stories in 'The Expendables' are about marriages: marriages in process, about to be, about not to be anymore, possibly transgressed and decidedly not so. The stories show human destiny determined by humans, whether resisted, invented, obeyed, or forced. Signed by author.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, U.S.A., 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
Librería: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. New book, unmarked and unread. Praised by Raymond Carver; Author's first Book.
Publicado por University of Georgia Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0820311561 ISBN 13: 9780820311562
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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition.