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Violence and loneliness tinge the lives of a Texas mother and her two grown children whose family ties suffer under their individual secrets and inabilities to communicate with one another
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- PublisherLouisiana State Univ Pr
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0807104736
- ISBN 13 9780807104736
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages9
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Blanco. Novel
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LSU Press, 1978
ISBN 10: 0807104736
ISBN 13: 9780807104736
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Blanco
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Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1978
ISBN 10: 0807104736
ISBN 13: 9780807104736
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Blanco
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Louisiana State University Press, 1978
ISBN 10: 0807104736
ISBN 13: 9780807104736
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Blanco
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Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1978
ISBN 10: 0807104736
ISBN 13: 9780807104736
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Hardcover
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Signed
Seller: Bookmarc's, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. AP6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has label on the lower spine, wrinkling, chipping, and crease on some edges and corners, discoloration on the spine, inside flaps taped on the top and bottom to the book cover, some stains, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has rubbing and wear on the cover edges, library stamping on the title page and page edges with stains, label and cardholder adhered on the back loose endpaper, wrinkling on the corners opposite the spine on some inside pages, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book was signed by the author on the title page. In the title for this, his first novel, Allen Wier names both the place-a small town in the Texas hill country, circa 1959-and the condition of the quietly desperate daily lives of his vividly realized characters. Ephemerality, mortality, and love are the themes of Blanco. Although Wier deals with a raw and unremitting world of loneliness and violence, it is a world that he has transformed by the power of his shaping imagination and made immediate and exciting. 8.5"x5.75", 234 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Allen Wier is an American writer and a professor at the University of Tennessee. Wier was born in 1946 in San Antonio, Texas and spent parts of his childhood in Louisiana and Mexico. He taught at Longwood College, Carnegie-Mellon University, Hollins College, the University of Texas, Florida International University, and the University of Alabama where he directed the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing. He held the Hodge's Chair for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Tennessee and, 2016-2019, the Watkins Endowed Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Murray State University. In 2003, Wier was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers, along with Barry Hannah and Yusef Komunyakaa. He is widely published in anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review. Wier was previously married to the poet Dara Wier. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # EC9394BB
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Blanco
Published by
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1978
ISBN 10: 0807104736
ISBN 13: 9780807104736
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. AP5 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has label on the lower spine and upper front, tape stain on the lower front and lower back, discolroation on the spine, crease on some sides, wrinkling on some edges and corners, inside flaps taped on the top and bottom to the book cover, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has some rubbing and wear on the cover edges, stains on the page edges, tape stains on the top and bottom of the loose endpapers, library stamping on the top page edges, library code written and cardholder adhered on the front loose endpaper, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book was signed by the author on the title page. In the title for this, his first novel, Allen Wier names both the place-a small town in the Texas hill country, circa 1959-and the condition of the quietly desperate daily lives of his vividly realized characters. Ephemerality, mortality, and love are the themes of Blanco. Although Wier deals with a raw and unremitting world of loneliness and violence, it is a world that he has transformed by the power of his shaping imagination and made immediate and exciting. 8.5"x5.75", 234 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Allen Wier is an American writer and a professor at the University of Tennessee. Wier was born in 1946 in San Antonio, Texas and spent parts of his childhood in Louisiana and Mexico. He taught at Longwood College, Carnegie-Mellon University, Hollins College, the University of Texas, Florida International University, and the University of Alabama where he directed the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing. He held the Hodge's Chair for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Tennessee and, 2016-2019, the Watkins Endowed Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Murray State University. In 2003, Wier was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers, along with Barry Hannah and Yusef Komunyakaa. He is widely published in anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review. Wier was previously married to the poet Dara Wier. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # EC9369BB
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Blanco
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ISBN 10: 0807104736
ISBN 13: 9780807104736
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Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge & London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0807104736
ISBN 13: 9780807104736
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Signed
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1978, First Edition, Near Fine/Good to Very Good dj, octavo, 234pp., brown cloth hardcover, unclipped ($9.95) dj with some spotting on rear panel, binding tight, slight foxing on outer leaf edges o/w text unmarked, Presented & Signed on title page to fellow author: "Terrence Des Pres, A Friend through Carolyn, hope you enjoy this tale. All best, Allen Weir, March 8, 1979," and Signed again under his name simply "Allen Weir.". Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 13963
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Blanco
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ISBN 10: 0807104736
ISBN 13: 9780807104736
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Blanco
Published by
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ISBN 10: 0807104736
ISBN 13: 9780807104736
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by Wier on the title page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, spine sunned, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 234pp. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # JCOSwieB
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Blanco
Published by
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1978
ISBN 10: 0807104736
ISBN 13: 9780807104736
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Bookmarc's, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. AQ2 - A first edition (no additional printings) hardcover book SIGNED by author ont he title page in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has price clipped, some wrinkling, chipping, crease and few tears the edges and corners, some scattered scratches, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some light foxing on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. In the title for this, his first novel, Allen Wier names both the place-a small town in the Texas hill country, circa 1959-and the condition of the quietly desperate daily lives of his vividly realized characters. Ephemerality, mortality, and love are the themes of Blanco. Although Wier deals with a raw and unremitting world of loneliness and violence, it is a world that he has transformed by the power of his shaping imagination and made immediate and exciting. 8.5"x5.75", 234 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Allen Wier is an American writer and a professor at the University of Tennessee. Wier was born in 1946 in San Antonio, Texas and spent parts of his childhood in Louisiana and Mexico. He taught at Longwood College, Carnegie-Mellon University, Hollins College, the University of Texas, Florida International University, and the University of Alabama where he directed the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing. He held the Hodge's Chair for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Tennessee and, 2016-2019, the Watkins Endowed Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Murray State University. In 2003, Wier was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers, along with Barry Hannah and Yusef Komunyakaa. He is widely published in anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review. Wier was previously married to the poet Dara Wier. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # EC9474BB
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