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DAISY
by Oates, Joyce Carol
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press. Near Fine. 1977. Limited Signed Edition. Hardcover. Clean mustard color paper boards with speckled cloth spine. Protected in the original acetate dust jacket. Deckle page edges. Tipped in frontispiece. Signed, limited edition 37/60, handbound in boards by Emily Paine, each with an original ink drawing by Joyce Carol Oates. ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 34 pages .
Reviews
On Nov 9 2012, Amelia said:
CRITICAL REVIEW - A Man HorseThesis statementRespect for others andthe respect for yourself.SummaryIt is a sotry, which follows the story of a man who was captured by American Indians and he had to learn all of the skills of the indian people to it in and to survive. He decides that he has the same social standing as a horse. At the begginig of the story Greasy Hand is his first companion who lives with the horse because of that she is faced to sacrifie her own pride to ask the horse to stay her.The horse agrees to stay with Greasy because of that she is accepted like member of the tribe.ContextAmerican Indians way of life.SettingNothAmerica about 1600AcPlot Main Problem The horse is not respected by anyone that´s why he lives with horses. Climax Greasy Hand is faced to sacrifieher own pride to ask the horse to stay her.ResolutionThe horse agrees to stay with Greasy because of that she is accepted like member of the tribe.Characters• Horse • Greasy hand Literary DeviseSymbolism.- the story is about a man who loses his original name
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16980
- Title
- DAISY
- Author
- Oates, Joyce Carol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited Signed Edition
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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