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Bantam Books, NY. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. Peter Matthiessen custom book label on front inside cover. From the library of American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and CIA officer Peter Matthiessen. Dampstained. Cover and some pages tearing. (Adult contemporary, psychological thriller, upper class, American literature, love triangle, suspense)
The Year of the Tempest [Originally Published Under the Title: Race Rock] by Matthiessen, Peter (1927 - 2014) - 1957
by Matthiessen, Peter (1927 - 2014)
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The Year of the Tempest [Originally Published Under the Title: Race Rock]
by Matthiessen, Peter (1927 - 2014)
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New York: Bantam, 1957. First Paperback Edition Bantam #A1578. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued.
Peter Matthiessen's first novel, "Race Rock," is written so well that one wishes that its characters were more worth writing about. There is an atmosphere of emotional tension and impending catastrophe in these somewhat florid pages which is highly effective. [NTTimes]
Pictorial wraps; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine Crease. Bookstore stamp on the top edge.. Background Information:
This is a novel about a long weekend in the lives of four peculiarly unattractive young people. The time is October 1952. The place is Shipman's Crossing, a New England fishing village which might be in Maine.
The action is not confined to the present, but twists and turns through the protagonists' pasts in a series of wonderfully intricate flashbacks. The theme is the wasteland of "callow amorality" in which people are doomed to wander if they do not achieve a sense of responsibility toward themselves and others.
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, and zen teacher. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). He was also a prominent environmental activist. [wiki]
Peter Matthiessen's first novel, "Race Rock," is written so well that one wishes that its characters were more worth writing about. There is an atmosphere of emotional tension and impending catastrophe in these somewhat florid pages which is highly effective. [NTTimes]
Pictorial wraps; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine Crease. Bookstore stamp on the top edge.. Background Information:
This is a novel about a long weekend in the lives of four peculiarly unattractive young people. The time is October 1952. The place is Shipman's Crossing, a New England fishing village which might be in Maine.
The action is not confined to the present, but twists and turns through the protagonists' pasts in a series of wonderfully intricate flashbacks. The theme is the wasteland of "callow amorality" in which people are doomed to wander if they do not achieve a sense of responsibility toward themselves and others.
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, and zen teacher. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). He was also a prominent environmental activist. [wiki]
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition No Dust Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First Paperback Edition Bantam #A1578
- Publisher Bantam
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1957
- Keywords Award Winning Books and Authors; psychological thriller; love triangle
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The Year of the Tempest
by Matthiessen, Peter
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The Year Of The Tempest
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Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , 1957 . A-1578 very good -fine, reading crease paperback,
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The Year Of The Tempest
by Matthiessen, Peter
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Bantam Books , 1957. Book. Very Good. Vintage Paperback. Bantam Books A1578 [Vg] The First Bantam Paperback Printing Of His First Novel, Published As Race Rock In 1954. .
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