2021, ISBN: 9780394558219

Paperback, Hardcover

New York, NY: Graham, 1979. Softbound. VG- (only very light wear to covers). Navy blue & color-illus. stapled wraps. [6] pp. with 5 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1979 exhibiti… More...

New York, NY: Graham, 1979. Softbound. VG- (only very light wear to covers). Navy blue & color-illus. stapled wraps. [6] pp. with 5 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1979 exhibition featuring selected works of American artist Guy Pène Du Bois (1884-1958). Includes brief introduction by Sandra Leff, quotation on realism by the artist from his autobiography, biographical chronology, and catalogue of 46 works, with 5 pictured here. A nice little catalog, now scarce., Graham, 1979, 3, New York. 1987. April 1987. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394558219. 199 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration and design by Havier Romero. Signed by the Author. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In this constantly surprising novel, Julian Barnes focuses on the life of an ‘ordinary’ woman, and reveals a world filled with ordinary miracles. The novel begins with a morning on which the sun rises twice. It encompasses a century in the life of Jean Serjeant, from her innocent 1920s girlhood to her flight into the sun in the year 2021. It carries Jean through seemingly unexceptional (albeit in their own way miraculous) experiences: growing up and growing old, falling in and out of love, the ceremonies of birth and death. Yet constantly, and increasingly, we encounter the unexpected: pilgrimages to the Far East and the Grand Canyon; a partially comprehensible catalogue of 1940s birth-control methods; a hilarious meditation on what it must be like to expire in midair; a glimpse of technology in the twenty-first century (when The Absolute Truth can be universally accessed). But at the novel’s core, beyond its incidents and excursions, is the intensity, the heat, the transforming power of Jean’s insatiable curiosity about the world. We see her from her earliest years-even in the midst of her boldest adventures-wondering, probing, testing the truths that she is given by her parents, her uncle, her husband, her child, and by the pilot named Prosser who unwittingly lures her into staring at the sun. We see her asking others and herself questions both minuscule (Why don’t Jews enjoy golf? How is it possible to smoke an entire cigarette without the ash falling off? Why is the mink excessively tenacious of life?) and large (Is death absolute? Is religion nonsense? Is suicide permissible?). Her questions, and the possible answers to them, resonate through the novel, deepening our sense of wonder at the tenacious hold that life exerts on all of us. inventory #7908 ISBN: 0394558219., 0<

1987, ISBN: 0394558219

[EAN: 9780394558219], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Alfred a Knopf Incorporated], Jacket, Jean Serjeant, the heroine of Julian Barnes's wonderfully provocative novel, seems ordinary, but… More...

[EAN: 9780394558219], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Alfred a Knopf Incorporated], Jacket, Jean Serjeant, the heroine of Julian Barnes's wonderfully provocative novel, seems ordinary, but has an extraordinary disdain for wisdom. And as Barnes--author of The Porcupine and Talking It Over--follows her from her childhood in the 1920s to her flight into the sun in the year 2021, he confronts readers with the fruits of her relentless curiosity: pilgrimages to China and the Grand Canyon; a catalog of 1940s sexual euphemisms; and a glimpse of technology in the twenty-first century (when The Absolute Truth can be universally accessed). Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards., Books<

ISBN: 9780394558219

Knopf. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy… More...

Knopf. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Knopf, 2.5<