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The Young Apollo and Other Stories
by Auchincloss, Louis
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0618551158
- ISBN 13
- 9780618551156
- Seller
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Tipp City, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 2006. Advance Reading Copy. Pictorial Soft Cover. As New. Octavo.
Synopsis
An evocative and elegant collection of new stories from an American master. Bringing together twelve previously unpublished pieces, The Young Apollo and Other Stories sparkles with Auchincloss's singular style, and, like East Side Story, his most recent book, reveals in precise, aphoristic prose "not only the textures of this world but also its elemental and evolving truths" (New York Times). From Edwardian garden parties to the Manhattan demimonde of the 1970s, Auchincloss travels with economical grace and agility in this collection, which illuminates the moral ambiguities, both personal and professional, of New York’s moneyed class. A loving chronicle of a waning world, this new collection is nonetheless an acute and gimlet-eyed portrait that refuses to shy away from its characters' less than savory ambitions and desires. In the title story, an older man eulogizes his young friend, the golden Lionel Manning--muse to the artists he gathered round himself and preserved forever in memory as the beautiful thirty-one-year-old man he was at death--only to reveal that despite Lionel’s burgeoning reputation as a poet, he could inspire genius but not produce it. The Young Apollo and Other Stories crystallizes a world now gone but forever fixed in our romantic imaginations, uncovering its flaws and all too human foibles, as well as its considerable charms.
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- Seller
- Browse Awhile Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 01032740
- Title
- The Young Apollo and Other Stories
- Author
- Auchincloss, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- Advance Reading Copy
- ISBN 10
- 0618551158
- ISBN 13
- 9780618551156
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2006
- Bookseller catalogs
- Advance Reader's Copies/Uncorrected Proofs;
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
Browse Awhile Books
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Tipp City, Ohio
About Browse Awhile Books
We've provided used and out-of-print books to western Ohio readers and collectors since 1980 through our retail store. We have been an active online bookseller since 1997, when we were among the first generation of Bibliofind and ABE vendors. We work hard to offer a variety of interesting books, priced competitively, graded and described honestly, delivered promptly and pleasantly. Our 2,000+ square feet shop is located in the heart of the Old Tipp City Historic District, among more than 50 antique and arts shops. We're open 11AM-5PM Tuesday through Friday and 11AM-4PM Saturday. We're a two-minute drive from I-75, about 15 minutes north of Dayton, Ohio. Our current inventory consists of approximately 200,000 books, about 1/3 of which are in the online inventory. A word about descriptions...we attempt to grade and describe books as accurately as possible, so that you will know exactly what you are buying. We want our customers to order with confidence and to reorder with pleasure - if you receive anything other than what you expect, we prefer that it is because we've exceeded your expectations. Many of our books are described as being within Brodart covers or protective sleeves. These are the sort of clear covers that you find on library books, though (of course!) we do not affix them to the book in any way. Virtually all dust-jacketed books are within Brodart covers, whether so described or not.
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