Palo Alto: Stories
by Franco, James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1439163146
- ISBN 13
- 9781439163146
- Seller
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Sewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket is in near fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. Inside dust jacket flaps have creases. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Cut pages. Additional photos will be provided upon request in order to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
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.
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- Bookseller
- The Dusty Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0001337
- Title
- Palo Alto: Stories
- Author
- Franco, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1439163146
- ISBN 13
- 9781439163146
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Adolescence/Coming of Age; California; Coming of Age; Fiction; Literary; Short Stories (single author); Short stories, American; West Coast; Western U.S.
- Size
- Octavo
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