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The Basement: Meditations on a Human Sacrifice - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Millett, Kate
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671247638
- ISBN 13
- 9780671247638
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0671247638 . A Near Fine first Printing of the First Edition that has some soiling to the spine, housed in a Fine dust-jacket; Kate Millett's novel, The Basement, tells the story of a young woman, Nell, who is taken from her home in the early hours of the morning and brought to a basement in a remote part of the country. Nell is told that she has been chosen to be a human sacrifice for a pagan goddess, and that she must undergo a series of rituals in order to satisfy the goddess's needs. As Nell begins to understand the true nature of the goddess and the sacrifices she is asking of Nell, she begins to fight against her captors. The Basement is an intense and dark novel that explores the depths of human cruelty and the power of religion.; 8vo; 341 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57021
- Title
- The Basement: Meditations on a Human Sacrifice - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Millett, Kate
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671247638
- ISBN 13
- 9780671247638
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
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