Shank novel (31 resultados)

Condición: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: SOME ] [ Edition: Reprint ] Ex-library copy Publisher: Hyperion Books Pub Date: 10/1/1996 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 325 Reprint edition.

Condición: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: first ] Publisher: Hyperion Books Pub Date: 10/1/1996 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 325 first edition.

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.

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. 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.

Condición: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 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.

Condición: 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.

Condición: 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.

paperback. Condición: Like New. Used - Like New.

paperback. Condición: Very Good. Used - Very Good.

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Condición: Very Good. Great shape! Has a publisher remainder mark. paperback Used - Very Good 2014.

Paper Back. Condición: Used.

Condición: 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.

paperback. Condición: Near Fine. Condition Notes: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. Advance reader bound in the publisher's original illustrated wraps.

paperback. Condición: New. Condition Notes: New from the publisher.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 2014 3rd paper printing inscribed (which always means to a particular person) by the author in 2015 on the title page with a line through the printed name. A hint of curling and rubbing but essentially in fine condition. Signed by Author.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Used - Acceptable. Worn copy. May have markings or damage to cover or pages but text is intact. Sold as-is. Some creasing and tearing to cover. Ex-library with stamps and stickers.

paperback. Condición: Near Fine. Condition Notes: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

paperback. Condición: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. First Graywolf Printing, 2014, 1st printing. 570pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in NEW condition. "At the heart of this remarkable novel is Thomas Greene Wiggins, a nineteenth-century slave and improbable musical genius who performed under the name Blind Tom. [] In 1866, Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to readjust to their fashionable apartment in the City in the aftermath of riots that had driven them away a few years before. But soon a stranger arrives from the mysterious island of Edgemere--inhabited solely by African settlers and black refugees from the war and riots--who intends to reunite Tom with his now-liberated mother. [] As the novel ranges from Tom's boyhood to the heights of his performing career, the inscrutable savant is buffeted by opportunistic teachers and crooked managers, crackpot healers and militant prophets. In his symphonic novel, Jeffery Renard Allen blends history and fantastical invention to bring to life a radical cipher, a man who profoundly changes all who encounter him." [publisher copy] "Now a fairly obscure historical figure, Tom Wiggins, born a slave, became an international sensation as a pianist. In the extraordinarily talented hands of Allen, Tom is a mysterious and compelling figure, a blind black boy at a time when his perceived infirmities, including his race, should make him insignificant. Apparently an autistic savant, Tom exhibits both giftedness and odd behavior, which unnerves and enthralls those around him. Allen uses Tom as the central figure as the novel explores complex relationships and the interior lives of black and white folks, including a mother with little authority over her child, a fairly benign but self-absorbed slave owner, ambitious promoters, an assortment of orphans and former slaves at wit's end about their future, and a genius oblivious to the tumult around him. Told from various perspectives, shifting between the pre- and post-Civil War periods, Allen's tour de force sweeps from the rural South to New York City and between lonely apartments and raucous refugee camps, encompassing the strife of war and the draft riots. Amid the larger drama of slavery and its injustices, Allen offers the more intimate drama of one young boy's life and the financial and emotional investments involved in the question of what's to be done with his exceptional talent. A brilliant book, with echoes of Ralph Ellison and William Faulkner."--Booklist. "Talent and brilliance are not enough. Writing a novel like this is the equivalent of building a three-story building. Single handedly. Jeffery Renard Allen scores highly with this novel about the Michael Jackson of the 19th Century, the savant, Blind Tom."--Ishmael Reed. "Inventive, earthy, lyrical, demanding, rewarding. . . There are echoes in this potential Great American Novel of past masters Faulkner, Hemingway, Ellison, Melville, John Edgar Wideman, Ishmael Reed."--San Francisco Chronicle. "[A] masterly new novel. . . It sagely explores themes of religion, class, art and genius, and introduces elements of magic realism . . . resulting in the kind of imaginative work only a prodigiously gifted risk-taker could produce."--The New York Times Book Review. "[An] explosive vanguard novel. . . A landmark of modern African-American literature. . . Reading through this sagacious volume is like stumbling on a crooked monument covered in celestial carvings, something that aims for the stars and ends up reconfiguring constellations."--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "If there's any justice, Allen's visionary work, as startlingly inventive as one of his subject's performances, should propel him to the front rank of American novelists."--Kirkus Reviews. "The prodigiously talented Jeffery Renard Allen is without question one of our most important writers."--Junot Diaz. Pristine paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in. spine. Quite presentable.…

Condición: New. 2014. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . .

paperback. Condición: New. Condition Notes: New from the publisher.

Condición: New. 2014. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good+. 1st Edition Thus. First Graywolf printing, trade paperback, signed by Allen on the title page, the book has slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and few very faint spots and smudges to the edges of the text block. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, bright, Very Good+ copy. Signed by Author(s). …

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket as Issued. 1st Edition. First English language Edition, 2nd Printing. 55 beautiful tipped-in color plates plus map (fep) of the 53 stations of the Tokaido from Kyoto to Edo. Bound in red cloth with wraparound pictorial fabric which shows fraying at bottom of band on front and back. Top page edge dyed blue-gray.…

Rústica con solapa. 413 pp. 15 x 22 cm. Idioma Inglés.

Softcover. Condición: Good. 1st Tuttle ed., 6th printing. 414 p. (Books to span the East & West.) Ex-Library. 22 cm. Stamped on title page and front edge.