Back Before the World Turned Nasty: A collection of short stories by Mortensen, Pauline - 1989

Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1989. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine copy in fine, unclipped dust jacket protected in mylar; cloth is clean; DJ is clean with only faintest shelfwear but free of edgewear; pages are clean; crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight and square; a very gently used copy./fine. Octavo in green cloth in off white illustrated dust jacket; 107 pages ; 23 cm. In English. || Signed by author on half title page; Contents: The window effect -- Conditions in general -- The course of the river -- Modern rustic -- Side effects -- House painting deal -- The Hunsaker blood -- Rat reunion summer -- Cat Island -- Woman talking to a cow -- Graffiti on the rocks. Winner of the 1988 Utah Arts Council Publication Prize; "The eleven stories in this stunning first collection playfully explore the rustic yet literary self-awareness of a post-pioneer Idaho woman who is both trapped and enlightened by the voices of her rural past."--dust jacket.