Click for full-size.
Recapitulation
by STEGNER, Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0385115806
- ISBN 13
- 9780385115803
- Seller
-
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a very good plus dust jacket. Rubbing to the spine ends. Signed and inscribed by author on the title page.
Synopsis
The moving sequel to the bestselling Big Rock Candy Mountain . Bruce Mason returns to Salt Lake City not for his aunt's funeral, but to encounter after forty-five years the place he fled in bitterness. A successful statesman and diplomat, Mason had buried his awkward and lonely childhood, sealed himself off from the thrills and torments of adolescence to become a figure who commanded international respect. But the realities of the present recede in the face of the ghosts of his past. As he makes the perfunctory arrangements for the funeral, we enter with him on an intensely personal and painful inner pilgrimage: we meet the father who darkened his childhood, the mother whose support was both redeeming and embarrassing, the friend who drew him into the respectable world of which he so craved to be a part, and the woman he nearly married. In this profoundly moving book Stegner has drawn an intimate portrait of a man understanding how his life has been shaped by experiences seemingly remote and inconsequential.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Sawtooth Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23668
- Title
- Recapitulation
- Author
- STEGNER, Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385115806
- ISBN 13
- 9780385115803
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
Terms of Sale
Sawtooth Rare Books
All books sold on an available basis. Any book is returnable within 30 days for any reason.
About the Seller
Sawtooth Rare Books
Biblio member since 2004
Santa Fe, New Mexico
About Sawtooth Rare Books
We are sellers of modern first editions, with an emphasis on modern fiction, poetry, Western American literature and signed books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was born out of WWII, and it still continues to exert considerable influence on today’s literary scene. Biblio sellers have a fantastic collection of Beat Generation books and ephemera for browsing.
Collecting Classic Supernatural Fiction
Classic supernatural fiction is distinct from contemporary horror because it is more literate and often relies upon poetic subtlety rather than unpleasant gratuity to create an atmosphere. Enter if you dare!
