Swimmer in the Secret Sea
by Kotzwinkle, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0856280364
- ISBN 13
- 9780856280368
- Seller
-
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Henley-On-Thames, England: Aidan Ellis [0-85628 036 4] 1976, 1st UK. (hardcover) 89pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 16mo. Tells the story of Johnny and Diane Laski, a sculptor and his wife, who live in the Maine countryside. They try to have a baby during a cold winter and this novella describes their dash to the hospital in the dark of night, the long labour, and their failed breech birth. A reminder of how birth SND death are intertwined, but still, not a narrative without hope. Signed to title page. A fine / fine copy. Jacket protected in loose mylar sleeve..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130828
- Title
- Swimmer in the Secret Sea
- Author
- Kotzwinkle, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0856280364
- ISBN 13
- 9780856280368
- Publisher
- Aidan Ellis
- Place of Publication
- Henley-On-Thames, England
- This edition first published
- 1976
- Keywords
- American Literature, American Literature, Collectible Books, Signed Editions
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