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Park City: New and Selected Stories
by Beattie, Ann
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 067945506X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679455066
- Seller
-
San Jose, California, United States
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About This Item
Knopf, 1998-05-26. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near fine. Signed. SIGNED, without inscription, by Ann Beattie on the title page. The volume is bumped at the spine ends. The unclipped dust jacket, sleeved in mylar, has trace edge wear.
Synopsis
Born in 1947, Ann Beattie grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., attended college at American University, and went on to do graduate work in English literature at the University of Connecticut. She began writing stories out of frustration with her doctoral work. After rejecting twenty-two submissions, The New Yorker published Beattie's "A Platonic Relationship" in 1974, and Beattie became a regular contributor to the magazine. Her first collection of stories, Distortions , and her first novel, Chilly Scenes of Winter , appeared simultaneously in 1976 and initiated a long-standing critical debate as to whether Beattie's greater strength is in the story or the novel. All critics agree, however, on the uniqueness of her style and her uncanny ability to expose certain truths about contemporary life, particularly as it lived by those of her own generation and social class. She lives in Maine and Key West with her husband, the painter Lincoln Perry.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trilby & Co. Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15012809
- Title
- Park City: New and Selected Stories
- Author
- Beattie, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 067945506X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679455066
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998-05-26
- Keywords
- first edition|signed
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Trilby & Co. Books
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About Trilby & Co. Books
Trilby & Co. Books is located in Northern California. The company was founded years ago by a Shetland Sheepdog named Trilby. Trilby's message to her family was brief and direct - the sale of books would increase disposable income and improve the quality of provisions in her food dish. My name is McTavish (picture above). I am the current CEO of this company, and I approve of her message. Oh, by the way, my speciality is literature, with an emphasis on first editions and signed books.
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