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Do the Windows Open?
by Hecht, Julie
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 067945201X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679452010
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1997. CC5 - A tight, clean, sound copy in light blue paper covered boards quarter bound in textured light green paper with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus the book is slightly shelf cocked plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the title page, and the back free endpaper. The dust jacket shows only very, very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A collection of short stories by a noted writer of the form. 212p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 6"x8.5". Ex-Library.
Synopsis
Do the Windows Open? is a series of hilarious linked tales documenting the mania of the modern day in devastating detail-tales that have had readers of The New Yorker laughing out loud for years. The beguiling and alienated narrator-who finds nearly everything interesting and almost nothing clear-has set herself the never-ending goal of photographing a world-renowned reproductive surgeon, Walden Pond, the ponds of Nantucket, and all the houses Anne Sexton ever lived in. On the way, she searches for organically grown vegetables, windows that open, and an endodontist who acts like a normal person. She sometimes compares herself unfavorably to Jacqueline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, and Princess Diana. What emerges is a unique sensibility under siege. This is a remarkably original literary performance, one that speaks to anyone looking for the refuge laughter offers from life in an absurd world.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW11712
- Title
- Do the Windows Open?
- Author
- Hecht, Julie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 067945201X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679452010
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Fiction General Ficiton Literarh Short Stories Short Fiction Short Story Single Author Collection
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Short Stories; Literature / Literary Short Stories; Fiction / Modern Fiction Firsts;
- Size
- 6"x8.5"
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cocked
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