The Counterlife - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Roth, Philip
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition and true US first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition. This copy is in unread Fine condition and is SIGNED by author and Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Roth; Nathan Zuckerman's account of his younger brother Henry and the story about people enacting their dreams of renewal and escape. Wherever they may find themselves, the characters of The Counterlife are tempted by the prospect of an alternative existence that can reverse their fate. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and features gilded sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Simply superb quality; Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xviii], 324, [4] pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
The Counterlife (1986) is a novel by the American author Philip Roth. It is the fourth full novel to feature the fictional novelist Nathan Zuckerman. However, when The Counterlife was published, Zuckerman had most recently appeared in a novella called The Prague Orgy, the epilogue to Zuckerman Bound. It is reported that French director Arnaud Desplechin is working on a screen adaptation of the novel.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20034
- Title
- The Counterlife - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Roth, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Comic New Jersey Israel London, Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Full-Leather
- Bookseller catalogs
- Legendary Authors / Roth, Philip;
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