Michael Brodsky (222 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Upper right corner bumped, but no user marks within.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First U. S. Edition. dust jacket is mylar wrapped. Brodsky, Michael - translator (illustrator).

Paperback. First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: there is just a hint of wear to the corner tips and the slightest toning to the white background field of the wrapper covers; else only the mildest rubbing; the binding remains square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 166pp. Trade Paperback. In a theater of coastal rocks, before an audience of goats, a man tells his story--about the impossibility of telling his story. Like the rocks, which he describes both as faces and as anal, ``hair-clogged fissures,'' storytelling, he says, consists of fronts and rears, beginnings and ends. And language avails him no devices with which to connect these ``into some single statement worthy of a whole being.'' So the man refers to himself in this trilogy of novellas through a ``cento of butt-ends,'' a patchwork of scraps from others' tales. Brodsky craftily revises the ancient Greek term for tragedy--literally ``goat song.'' He writes not of the individual's flouting of order, the theme of tragedy, but of the individual's desire for order in a unified narrative of the self. Brodsky's prose seems to proceed from the very core of his character's thinking, ``from the site of its eruption.'' Its molten flow consumes all types of language--colloquialisms, legalese, and some eminently obscure vocabulary. The result is a vigorous, eccentric style that enables Brodsky to bring a Swiftian gusto to the novel of ideas and write a challenging, at times dazzling book. First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated.…

Hb. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 1st. Hb. VG-/VG-. 1st. 341pp. Soiling edges, wear boards, yellowing interior, DJ: soiling, rubbing, wear extremities.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Cover shows a faint amount of shelf wear. Clean pages. Binding is secure.

Singleissuemagazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Philadelphia: Faculty of La Salle University 1991. First Edition. Magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 7" x 10"], 64 pages. Mailing label else VG+/Near Fine copy. whbx 17. Charles Meryn (cover) (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. Binding sound, text clean, mild shelfwear; would be very good condition but has some splatter stains to light-colored back cover. Book.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. B Fiction. This regula aze softcover novel is about fine, like new. White spine, elogated x on thin spine.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Wie neu. 115 115 S., unbenutzt, S-2.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFirst edition. Very good.

First printing Fine bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Newsprint, tabloid format. Sunned, edgeworn, chipped and torn, tape-repaired, with outer pp. dustsoiled, address label.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Paperback Edition. Some wear to the covers.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. PB/ pub.1988/VG condition/185 pages- Thirteen stories from a modern master. (B96052). Book.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. [Madison, NJ]: [Fairleigh Dickinson University] . 2006. First edition. Magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6" x 9"], 212 pages, contributors, translators. Near Fine copy.with a trace of wear. clph(literary).

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus; First Printing. First Edition Thus (1988) , so stated. Original paperback First Editon. Near Fine in Wraps: shows faint but pervasive shelf-soiling to the bottom edge of the text block; a hint of rubbing to the panels with barely discernible consequent soiling to the white background field of same; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.25 x 5.6 x 0.55 inches) . Language: English. Weight: 8.5 ounces. Trade Paperback. In this collection of stories, Brodsky creates a variety of tableaux, still frames that offer up miasmic surfaces while providing fascinating and depth-giving detail. Characters, often nameless or generic stand-ins for people, struggle with despair, indifference, muteness, nakedness. Their progress is measured in microscopic nuances that reflect their obsessions. Brodsky has a fondness for flow-stopping multisyllabics recrudescence, matutinal, and extirpating , to name just a fewand the stories are dense, some verging on gothic. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 185 pages.…

First printing. An innovative work, a series of variations on a theme, divided into three novellas, by a writer who has been compared to Pynchon and Burroughs. F/F.

First printing. An innovative novel by a writer who has been compared to Pynchon and Burroughs. F/F.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in a Fine jacket. 1st Printing.