Published by McPherson & Company, 1988
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by McPherson & Company, 1988
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Published by McPherson & Company, 1987
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: Books Do Furnish A Room, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Pages unmarked. Base of spine bumped. Glossy dust jacket mildly edgeworn. Binding square & firm.
Published by McPherson & Co., New Paltz, New York, U.S.A., 1987
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hb. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st. 221 pages, spine extremities lightly bumped, dj spine extremities lightly bumped, dj in protective mylar jacket.
Published by McPherson & Company, Kingston, NY, U.S.A., 1988
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: beat book shop, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. As New in As New jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean, stiff copy; unclipped jacket protected in bright mylar cover.
Published by McPherson, 1994
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: Wired For Work Solutions, LLC, Front Royal, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New.
Published by Mcpherson, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Published by McPherson & Company, 1987
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition, 1st printing. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in Fine condition. "Not so long ago the death of the novel was variously declared: as an art form, as a socially-instructive tool, and as an irrelevant icon of personalism amidst depersonalized mass-consumerism. Perhaps no one has rebutted the provincial doomsayers with greater verve, style, and intellect than Paul West does in this enlivening book of essays drawn from twenty years of reviewing a panoply of novels from around the world. SHEER FICTION argues that the novel is dead only in the too-familiar nineteenth-century forms regularly pandered by cynical proponents of the status quo. [] From Virginia Woolf's unsung Orlando to the magical realism (beginning in 1928) of the Spanish language writers Andrade, Marquez, and Vargas Llosa; from Hermann Broch and Christa Wolf to the Americans Walter Abish and Guy Davenport; from the French symbolist Lautreamont to Blaise Cendrars and Andre Schwarz-Bart; from the principal European languages, in short, West uncovers major developments in the twentieth-century novel. [] More than a mere collection of essays, SHEER FICTION proposes an understanding of how language and 'reality' interlock, and how the novel incorporates the dimensions of imaginative, scientific, and philosophical consciousness. This book is designed for the reader of novels more than for the specialist, but for both it offers an intriguing and encouraging assessment of present day fiction." [jacket copy] "West, no mean novelist himself (Rat Man of Paris, among others) is in love with the infinite expressive possibilities of the novel, and this anthology of his critical writings is an eloquent accounting of his passion. In six longer essays and nearly 40 reviews from various sources he makes his tastes abundantly clear. He is bored by the conventional well-made novel, and seeks out adventurous, mind-expanding work, from Virginia Woolf through the Latin American magic realists and beyond, to many of the major names of contemporary European fiction. (William Gass, Guy Davenport, Walter Abish and Evan Connell are the only Americans found in his pantheon.) It's a limited view of fiction, but West pursues it with great zeal, a refreshing dash in the writing (compared to his, most literary criticism is a genteel snooze) and an eager sense of discovery. It's almost impossible not to be lured to read some of his cherished, little-known prizes: Osman Lins of Brazil, Juan Goytisolo of Spain, for instance; impossible, too, not to realize how provincial much American fiction reviewing is by comparison."--Publishers Weekly. "This kind of infectious enthusiasm is rare to the point of non-existence among modern critics. In some of the longer pieces on writing in general, West has the leeway to show off some of his own prose effects, and they are, as expected, fresh and amusing. . . Sheer pleasure."--Kirkus Reviews. Fine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp deckle edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in a minimal-design, bright-as-new jacket.
Published by McPherson & Company, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Small scrape on front pastedown, near fine in a good only dustwrapper with dampstain on spine.
Published by McPherson & Company, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. SIGNED by author in black ink on full-title page. From iconic author Paul West comes an "enliving book of essay drawn from twenty years of reviewing a panoply of novels from around the world. SHEER FICTION argues that the novel is dead only in the too-familiar nineteenth-century forms regularly pandered by cynical proponents of the status quo. .This book is designed for the reader of novels more than for the specialist, but for both it offers an intriguing and encouraging assessment of present day fiction." - DJ. Ships same or next business day. Book and dust jacket are lightly bumped at head and tail of spine. Dust jacket is protected in plastic, archival cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 221 pages; Signed by Author.
Published by McPherson e Company, USA, 1987
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: Biblioteca di Babele, Tarquinia, VT, Italy
Condition: BUONO USATO. IXED. INGLESE Volume in lingua inglese con pagine lievemente ingiallite dal tempo ma pienamente agibili alla lettura; bordi esterni dei fogli non perfettamente rifilati. Coperta rigida e telata con titoli oro al dorso in buono stato e protetta da sovraccoperta lucida ed illustrata con minimi segni di usura al piede. Numero pagine 221.
Published by McPherson & Co, 1987
ISBN 10: 0914232827 ISBN 13: 9780914232827
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.2.