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The Oasis
by McCarthy, Mary
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1583483926
- ISBN 13
- 9781583483923
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Lincoln, NE: Backinprint, 1999. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lincoln, NE, Backinprint, 1999. Unknown edition. 8vo. Paperback, 129 pp. This was Mary McCarthy's second novel and a brilliantly funny satire about a group of urban American intellectuals who try unsuccessfully to establish a rural utopia colony, just as the Cold War is setting in and fear of atomic warfare is reaching panic proportions. A few of McCarthy's friends thought they recognized themselves in the characters and this book ruffled more than a few feathers but the woman who would become her closest friend, Hannah Arendt said: " it is a pure delight. You have written a veritable masterpiece." A truly enjoyable romp! New..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B1213-08
- Title
- The Oasis
- Author
- McCarthy, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1583483926
- ISBN 13
- 9781583483923
- Publisher
- Backinprint
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, NE
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SATIRE FICTION URBAN INTELLECTUALS RURAL UTOPIA COLD WAR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
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