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The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories
by Barth, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618405666
- ISBN 13
- 9780618405664
- Seller
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Clarksville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good jacket. Former library book. Spine tight, pages clean. 1st Edition.
Synopsis
John Barth, the postmodern master, is back with his sixteenth book and third collection of stories, which gathers for the first time in one volume stories previously published in various journals. Exploring ideas of narrative frames, stories within stories, and the uncanny power that language has in our lives, he offers the thrilling blend of playfulness and illuminating insight that has marked him as one of America’s most distinguished writers. Here are tales of aging, time, possibility, and relationships. And in typically Barthian fashion, they are framed by the narration of a veteran writer, Graybard, and his flirtatious, insouciant muse, WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). During the eleven days that follow September 11, 2001, Graybard and WYSIWYG debate the meaning and relevance of writing and storytelling in the wake of disaster, or TEOTWAW(A)KI— The End Of The World As We (Americans) Know It. The Book of Ten Nights and a Night is vintage Barth, sure to appeal to his loyal fans and find new readers touched by his irreverent but deeply human perspective on how writers can respond to the emotional and ethical demands of tragic events.
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- Bookseller
- Jake's Place Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1670879724217
- Title
- The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories
- Author
- Barth, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618405666
- ISBN 13
- 9780618405664
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2004
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About Jake's Place Books
Jake's Place Books is a (mostly) used bookstore in the Arts District of Oak Park, IL. We offer a full array of titles in all genres, with an emphasis on performing arts, poetry and LGBTQ+.
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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