Publicado por Graywolf Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1555973787 ISBN 13: 9781555973780
Librería: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
paperback. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Publicado por Graywolf Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1555973787 ISBN 13: 9781555973780
Librería: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
paperback. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Publicado por Graywolf Press, St. Paul MN, 2003
Librería: Big E's Books, Lake City, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Soft cover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by Greywolf Press, a self-described independent publisher that is not-for-profit. The book is ex-somebody's library (the library stamp is marked over but it appears to be from the Melbourne Beach, Florida public library) with a "discharged" stamp on the front overleaf. The book is described as a novel, but it looks and feels more like poetry. The cover is a detail print of "Diane de Poitiers" by Francois Clouet with a copy of a mammogram and a picture of the constellation "Cancer." A strange soft cover first edition that should appeal to people interested in things that are different!.
Publicado por Graywolf Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1555973787 ISBN 13: 9781555973780
Librería: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Standard-sized.
Publicado por Graywolf, 2003, 2003
Librería: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
First edition With footnotes. Fine and bright gatefold wraps with crisp bright text throughout. A sharp copy.
Publicado por Graywolf Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1555973787 ISBN 13: 9781555973780
Librería: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good.
Publicado por Graywolf Press, St. Paul, MN, 2003
ISBN 10: 1555973787 ISBN 13: 9781555973780
Librería: Bookfeathers, LLC, Lewisburg, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Paperback. Condición: Fine. First Edition. Trade softcover in smooth wraps with French flaps and Francois Clouet illustration to front and spine, 8vo. 214pp. Fine. Pencilled marks erased from first pages of text and notes. Else as new: bright, tight, sharp and (now) unmarked. Neither remainder nor ex-lib.
Publicado por Graywolf Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1555973787 ISBN 13: 9781555973780
Librería: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: CBA
Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. A First Graywolf Press Printing. 8vo. - over 7 3/4 in. - 9 3/4 in. 214pp., a clean copy in Very Good condition with light shelfwear.
Publicado por Graywolf Press,U.S., 2003
ISBN 10: 1555973787 ISBN 13: 9781555973780
Librería: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Reino Unido
Condición: VeryGood. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Publicado por Graywolf Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1555973787 ISBN 13: 9781555973780
Librería: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Soft cover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. First Graywolf Printing, 2003. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "PIECES OF PAYNE is the first novel by Albert Goldbarth, a two-time winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. [] How is Eliza's divorce connected to the rise of twentieth-century quantum physics? Why does the steamy promise of 'a key unlocking a door at a cheap motel along I-35' lead us to a consideration of Moby-Dick? What does one physician's fake appointment book have to do with Columbus, with werewolves, with Fanny Burney's famously excruciating nineteenth-century mastectomy? Goldbarth sets his story of love's daily pleasures and griefs upon a foundation of ever-branching footnotes--from the strange worlds of supermarket tabloids and the Legion of Super-Heroes to more contemplative forays into gender politics, Dickens scholarship, and medical anomalies. By taking us on this mind-bending journey, he shows us how our lives are both confused and empowered by the multilayered universe around us." [publisher copy] "Through his genius we rediscover the world's history and our own. No one else is writing what Goldbarth gives us because no one else can."--Frederick Busch. "In his first foray into fiction, prize-winning poet (Saving Lives) and essayist (Many Circles) Goldbarth offers a wide-ranging exploration of ideas, incorporating concepts and tidbits from science, references to the arts, snippets of history and a gallimaufry of contemporary news stories. Goldbarth himself, in his day-job role as a college professor, serves as narrator of the novel's first section, telling the story of his friend Eliza Phillips, a woman dealing with memories of her father, a surgeon who zealously performed mastectomies, and the circumstances of her difficult divorce. Early on, Eliza found mental equilibrium in the discoveries of astronomer Cecilia Payne, who identified 'parts of the universe I could count on not to change unrecognizably . . .' Episodic and elliptical, this short opening section is intriguing, if deliberately lacking in coherence. The second, longer portion of the book, captioned 'Notes,' consists entirely of 50 footnotes to the first section. Here, Goldbarth begins to poke around in the banalities and truths of what he calls our 'Ramada Inn and baconburger lives,' trying to outline larger issues by examining quotes and events from the lives of Melville, Dickens, Jack London, Walt Whitman and other prominent literary figures. His theory, according to which the presence of a higher consciousness plays a significant role in the seemingly random events of daily life, is also supported by tidbits of bizarre contemporary news stories. There is humor aplenty in these often incredible slices of 'reality.' Riffing on the paradoxical tragedies and miracles of our civilization, Goldbarth has produced a thought-provoking book that offers the reader ample recompense for its challenging format."--Publishers Weekly. Pristine paperback w/brilliant corners, crisp edges, French flaps w/a built-in bonus bookmark, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine, all quite presentable & formidable.
Publicado por Graywolf Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1555973787 ISBN 13: 9781555973780
Librería: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!.