Calamities of Exile: Three Nonfiction Novellas / Lawrence Weschler. by Weschler, Lawrence

University of Chicago Press, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Chicago Press, 1996-05-23. hardcover. New. 6x1x8. New Inside and Out! Crisp pages w/no markings!

University of Chicago Press, 1996-05-23. First edition, complete line of . Hardcover. very good/near fine. NOT an ex library book. Clean pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press , 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 199 pages, crisp, clean copy with a very good dust jacket. Record # 406297

University Of Chicago Press, 1996-05-23. Hardcover. Good.

Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0226893936 . Signed by Weschler, "For Michael, at home in Colorado, Lawrence Weschler." Slight edgewear to the dust jacket. Three essays about individual responsibility, national identity, and courage. ; 199 pages; Signed by Author .

Univ. of Chicago Press , 1998. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Text appears nice and clean, but may contain minor marks that we missed. Cover has light shelf and corner wear may have bookstore stickers. Binding is in very good condition. Looks real nice. 212 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. ISBN: 0226893936. ISBN/EAN: 9780226893938. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561047350. . 9780226893938

University Of Chicago Press, 1996-05-23. 1. Hardcover. Used:Good.

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 199 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Calamities of Exile combines three gripping narratives that afford a sort of double CAT scan into the natures of both modern totalitarianism and timeless exile. Beautiful but harrowing chronicles of three exiles that probe the moral and personal risks of their encounters with totalitarianism. . . . Piercing and timely. "[Weschler's] thorough accounting of the men's covert operations, assumed identities and strained relationships with fathers, wives, and colleagues creates a disturbing triptych… Read More

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xii, 199, [3] pages. Illustrations. Index. Some sticker residue on the front and back of the DJ. Scuff on fep. Minor page soiling noted. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads For Kate and Hesh at home in my heart Love Lawrence Weschler. The three narratives by Lawrence Weschler here joined together were conceived from the start as a sort of triptych: three tales about basically decent expatriates (the first an Iraqi, the second a Czech, the third an Afrikaner), each of whom tries to do the right thing with regard to the totalitarian regime holding sway over his homeland--the thing we readers, too, might have done, if only we were much more courageous than we are--only to end up thoroughly wracked and bollixed. Taken together, these gripping narratives afford a sort of double catscan into the natures of both modern totalitarianism and timeless exile. Like all drama, the battle… Read More