Little, Brown and Company, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 709 pages. A novel of ancient Egypt. First trade edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a dust jacket with light fading to the spine and small stain to the spine foot visible on the verso. Inscribed by the author to the head of Scribner's bookstores and former head of the American Booksellers Association: 'To Igor Kropotkin, Cheers to my fellow writer. Norman Mailer / March 1983 (If Little Brown doesn't treat you well, let me know).' This last bit probably in reference to the publisher releasing Kropotkin's book, The Inn Cookbook, New England' the same year.

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Ancient Evenings is a novel by Norman Mailer. It deals with the lives of two protagonists, one young, one old, in a very alien ancient Egypt marked by journeys by the dead, reincarnation, and violent and hyper-sexual gods and mortals in a complex combination of historical fiction, allegory, poetic flight, confession and spiritual meditation. Crossing three millennia to Pharaonic Egypt, this tale returns to that land's essences - the war, magic, gods, death and reincarnations, the lusts, ambitions, jealousies, and betrayals, sadistically admiring all sorts of violence and atrocity, both in sarcasm and reality.

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Bookseller: Eureka Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 267566
Title: Ancient Evenings
Author: Norman Mailer
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0316544108
ISBN 13: 9780316544108
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1983
Keywords: [nxm]

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