Skip to content

Palo Alto: Stories

Palo Alto: Stories

Palo Alto: Stories
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Palo Alto: Stories

by Franco, James

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Fine /Fine
ISBN 10
1439163146
ISBN 13
9781439163146
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Item Price
€9.48
Or just €8.53 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
€4.03 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 2 to 8 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

New York: Scribner. H12 . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2010.

Synopsis

A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled California teenagers and misfits--violent and harrowing, from the astonishingly talented actor and artist James Franco. Palo Alto is the debut of a surprising and powerful new literary voice. Written with an immediate sense of place--claustrophobic and ominous--James Franco's collection traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. In "Lockheed" a young woman's summer--spent working a dull internship--is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party.  In "American History" a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl during a classroom skit with a realistic portrayal of a slave ownerâÈ'only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In "I Could Kill Someone," a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bully's own inner life. These linked stories, stark, vivid, and disturbing, are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Voyageur Book Shop US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
016321
Title
Palo Alto: Stories
Author
Franco, James
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
1439163146
ISBN 13
9781439163146
Publisher
Scribner
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2010
Pages
208
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Bookseller catalogs
Fiction;

Terms of Sale

Voyageur Book Shop

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

About the Seller

Voyageur Book Shop

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2017
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

About Voyageur Book Shop

Voyageur Book Shop is a used book store tucked in the north end of Bay View, Milwaukee, and we are very happy to be there.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...

Frequently asked questions

This Book’s Categories

tracking-