THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE (SIGNED)
by Lethem, Jonathan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine / Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385500696
- ISBN 13
- 9780385500692
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Signed by author on title page. Protected in mylar. "The Fortress of Solitude is a 2003 semi-autobiographical novel by Jonathan Lethem set in Brooklyn and spanning the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. It follows two teenage friends, Dylan Ebdus and Mingus Rude, one white and one black, who discover a magic ring. The novel explores the issues of race and culture, gentrification, self-discovery, and music. The novel's title is a reference to the Fortress of Solitude, a fortress constructed for Superman." (from Wikipedia).
Synopsis
Jonathan Lethem is the author of five novels, including Motherless Brooklyn , which won the National Book Critics Award. He is also the author of the story collection The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye and the novella This Shape We're In . His writings have appeared in The New Yorker , Rolling Stone , Harper’s , The Paris Review , McSweeney's , and many other periodicals. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85837
- Title
- THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE (SIGNED)
- Author
- Lethem, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine / Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385500696
- ISBN 13
- 9780385500692
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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