The Violent Bear It Away.
by O'CONNOR, Flannery
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A near fine copy in a good to very good jacket with a number of tape reinforcements to verso.
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy,, [1960]. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed red boards in dust jacket.. A near fine copy in a good to very good jacket with a number of tape reinforcements to verso.. 8vo,. Signed by O'Connor on the half-title page, and with her ms. correction on p. 242. On January 28, 1960, soon after she had received the book, Flannery O'Connor wrote to Cecil Dawkins that "The worst misprint was actually on the next to the last page. It is supposed to be 'he heard the command,' and they have it, he heard to command," which doesn't make sense." She also wrote that "The title page is a real mess. They try to be fancy and just create confusion."
Synopsis
The Violent Bear It Away is a novel published in 1960 by American author Flannery O'Connor. It is the second and final novel that she published. The first chapter of the novel was published as the story "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead," in the journal New World Writing, volume 8 in October 1955. It is the story of Francis Tarwater, a fourteen-year-old boy who is trying to escape his destiny: the life of a prophet.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9477
- Title
- The Violent Bear It Away.
- Author
- O'CONNOR, Flannery
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth-backed red boards in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - A near fine copy in a good to very good jacket with a number of tape reinforcements to verso.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Cudahy,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1960]
- Pages
- 243 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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