Search Results: Authors starting with V from leaves

boston: beacon press, 1998. first edition thus, 1998. translated from french by ralph manheim. illustrated by henri mondor. a meditation on the aesthetics of seashells with a forward by mary oliver. boston: beacon press. isbn: 0-8070-6430-0. 8.75 x 5.75". hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: fine.

new york: alfred a. knopf, 1960. first us. hardcover.

new york: delacorte press, 1969. third printing, 1969. the first of vonnegut's books to become a bestseller. a semi-autobiographical sci-fi anti-war novel following billy pilgrim. billy is captured by the germans while serving as a chaplain's assistant during world war ii. he starts to experience time travel and is eventually abducted by aliens. the non-chronological tale unfolds as more of billy'd life on earth is revealed. in a 1969 review the new york times stated, "you'll either love it, or push it back in the science-fiction corner." new york: delacorte press. 8.4 x 5.75". 186 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: some toning to spine, front, and rear boards. very good plus. jacket condition: minor soiling to front. unclipped ($5.95). very good plus.

new york: penguin, 2019. signed first edition, 2019. ocean vuong writes his debut novel to his mother in a language she cannot read. the letter, forms a portrait of the narrator's family history as he recounts his first love, intimately interwoven with vietnamese history. the novel was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/faulkner award for fiction. vuong is a recipient of the 2019 macarthur "genius" grant, as well as the winner of the whiting award and TS eliot prize. new york: penguin. isbn: 978-0-525-56202-3. 8.5" x 5.5". hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: very mild bumping to spine. fine. jacket condition: unclipped ($26.00). fine.