Shane: The Critical Edition - Softcover

Schaefer, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803291426 ISBN 13: 9780803291423

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1984

Synopsis

Shane was made into an award-winning film that—like the novel—became a standard by which later westerns were judged. Readers who have already felt the novel's power or are approaching it for the first time, will find this edition indispensable for coming to terms with its fascinating simplicity, its richness, and its puzzles. 

This edition reprints the original text of the novel (in 1954 it was edited to remove words that might offend). In addition, the best critical essays about Schaefer and about Shane are included to provide historical and comparative background. An interview with Jack Schaefer and an afterword written by him complete this volume.

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From the Inside Flap:

"Call Me Shane  "
He rode into our valley in the summer of '89, a slim man, dresses inblack.
"Call me Shane," he said. He never told us more.
There was a deadly calm in the valley that summer, a slow, climbing tension that seemed to focus on Shane.
"There's something about him," Mother said. "Something...dangerous..."
"He's dangerous all right," Father said, "...but not to us..."
"He's like one of these here slow burning fuses," the mule skinner said. Quiet...so quiet you forget it's burning till it sets off a hell of a blow of trouble. And there's trouble brewing."
"TAUT...GRIM...UNFORGETTABLE..."

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0803291426
• ISBN 13: 9780803291423
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Work James C.