Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A historical novel set in Egypt from the author of "The Naked and The Dead" and "The Executioner's Song." A fine copy in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. Signed by Mailer on the front free endpaper. A very nice copy.

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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: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 176084
Title: Ancient Evenings (Signed First Edition)
Author: MAILER, Norman
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0316544108
ISBN 13: 9780316544108
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1983
Keywords: Literature

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