MATING & A THOUSAND ACRES
by Rush, Norman and Jane Smiley
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1991. First edition thus. Paperback. A fine copy. Advance excerpts, signed by each author, in shrinkwrap, and housed in the original publisher's decorated slipcase. 'Mating' by Norman Rush won the National Book Award. A first-person narrative by an unnamed American anthropology graduate student in Botswana around 1980. Jane Smiley's 'A Thousand Acres' won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992, as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was adapted into a 1997 film. The novel is a modernized retelling of Shakespeare's Kind Lear and is set on a thousand acre (four hundred hectares) farm in Iowa that is owned by a family of a father and his three daughters. It is told through the point of view of the oldest daughter, Ginny. From the literary library of Robert & Enid Cohen.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13135
- Title
- MATING & A THOUSAND ACRES
- Author
- Rush, Norman and Jane Smiley
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- signed by the authors, National Book Award winner, Pulitzer Prize winner, Book Critics Circle Award winner, advance excerpts
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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