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The Women of Brewster Place.
by Naylor, Gloria
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1982. First edition of Naylor's National Book Award-winning debut novel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jeanne Gloria Naylor." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design and drawing by George Sanders a.k.a. Sando. With an original African-Caribbean Bookstore flyer advertising the book signing event during which this copy was inscribed on Thursday, March 7, 1985 laid in. Brewster Place: a blind alley feeding into a dead end, a street few would move to by choice. Through the fractured perspectives of seven women who occupy this common ground, this remarkable work of fiction evokes intimately and powerfully the world of black women in 1980s urban America. "Hard-edged, soft-pleased," these women experience, fight against - and sometimes transcend - a world where compassionate energy is at war with implacable desolation. Naylor's debut novel, the work won the National Book Award and was was adapted as the 1989 miniseries The Women of Brewster Place and the 1990 television show Brewster Place by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions.
Synopsis
The Women of Brewster Place may refer to: The Women of Brewster Place (novel), a 1982 novel by Gloria Naylor The Women of Brewster Place (1989 television), a 1989 television miniseries based upon the novel Brewster Place, a 1990 television series based upon the miniseries
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125318
- Title
- The Women of Brewster Place.
- Author
- Naylor, Gloria
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Gloria Naylor First Edition Signed, The Women of Brewster Place First Edtion
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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