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SPARTINA
by Casey, John
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1989. First American edition. An uncorrected proof copy in white wraps; his second novel, third book and winner of that year's National Book Award. Casey's also translated from the Italian Alessandro Baffo's delightful and insightful You're an Animal, Viskovitz. With slight creasing at the tail of the spine, possibly a manufacturing defect, but still very near fine.
Synopsis
John D. Casey is an American novelist and translator born in Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard. His novel, Spartina , was awarded the National Book Award in 1989. His story is focused on a man, Dick Pierce, who is obsessed with an unfinished boat called Spartina. His determination to find the funds in order to procure an engine leads him to take a wild risk where he finds himself weathering a storm at sea in order to keep his dream alive. One of Spatina’s driving themes is family tradition, as Pierce is a family man, kind and sensitive. He feels that his grandfather and father failed to maintain this fisherman lifestyle, and left him lacking in wealth and circumstance. An engaging, complex book, Casey spins an elegant story from the waters off the Narragansett Bay.
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Details
- Seller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 68908
- Title
- SPARTINA
- Author
- Casey, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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